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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] MIPS/MIPS32 tune -> MIPS
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On 10.04.2012 01:31, Mark Hatle wrote:
> The following is in reference to the recent discussion about the mips32
> -package- arch changing from mips to mips32.  One of the potential options
> was to get rid of the previous "mips" and replace it with the mips32
> definition standard.  This patch does just that.
> 
> Working with Khem, we have moved the default "mips" (32-bit) tune to be
> -march=mips32 based, and produce package with the package arch of "mips".
> 
> The side effect of this work is that the prior 'mips' tune was actually
> "mips1".  I don't believe that was really desired by anyone, but it is a
> change.  Also there is no longer a "mips32" tune, just an include file
> that automatically inherits and chooses the "mips" tune.

There's no backwards compatibility, but I'm fine with the new options.
The "mips" tune already gets selected by default in arch-mips.inc, so
you can remove it from tune-mips32.inc. Actually I'd prefer removing
tune-mips32.inc completely, so people will notice the
backwards-incompatible change.

Regards,
Andreas