From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux-Sparse <linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: suggestion for Merging LLVM
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:18:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ECFF825.2010906@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANeU7Qm6Q3hxeEUFKJieapfXrZ1PGSJ_4oGbZ4CG7s1ccbbPPQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/25/2011 02:13 PM, Christopher Li wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Jeff Garzik<jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>>
>> Pulling in bits of LLVM itself into sparse, to make older versions work,
>> seems like a mess of work and maintenance without a driving need. Just
>> note that 3.0 is required, and things will sort themselves out in time.
>
> I hate big mess too. However I have a strong motivation to support the
> released version of LLVM (if it does make a big mess in the process).
>
> I am not asking to back port the LLVM 3.0 code to the 2.x series.
> That is wrong. If 2.x does not have not provide this features, I am fine
> with not supporting 2.x LLVM and require 3.0 only.
>
> However if it is just C vs C++ API, I don't mind accessing the C++ API in 2.x.
> I believe we need to have a mechanism to use the LLVM C++ API any way.
> The LLVM C API is only a subset of the C++ API. I draw the line at
> accessing the API vs backing the LLVM code.
According to http://llvm.org/ the release date for 3.0 is November 30,
downgrading due to impatience. If Pekka wants to get it going on 2.x
I've no objection, but I am lazy and see no reason to do any extra work
with 3.0 release so close.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-25 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-22 2:43 suggestion for Merging LLVM Christopher Li
2011-11-22 5:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-22 6:01 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-22 20:32 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-22 20:38 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-23 4:11 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-23 6:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-23 6:58 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-25 1:45 ` Christopher Li
2011-11-25 2:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-25 5:52 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-25 6:28 ` Christopher Li
2011-11-25 6:43 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-25 8:05 ` Christopher Li
2011-11-25 8:29 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-11-25 17:52 ` Jeff Garzik
2011-11-25 19:13 ` Christopher Li
2011-11-25 20:18 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2011-11-25 20:30 ` Christopher Li
2011-12-13 20:29 ` Pekka Enberg
2011-12-15 21:34 ` Christopher Li
2011-12-20 8:53 ` Pekka Enberg
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