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Re: Rename -mfix-vr4122-bugs to -mfix-vr4120.
Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> Richard Sandiford wrote:
>> I'd like to change the name of -mfix-vr4122-bugs to -mfix-vr4120. Reasons:
>>
>> (1) Some of the workarounds selected by -mfix-vr4122-bugs also apply to the
>> VR4181 (which, like the VR4122, uses a VR4120 core).
>>
>> (2) VR4120 code is selected by -march=vr4120, not -march=vr4122.
>>
>> (3) It's more consistent with the options recently added to GCC,
>> e.g. -mfix-sb1, -mfix-r4000.
>>
>> (4) There are some errata that (AIUI) only apply to the version of the
>> VR4120 that's used in the VR4181. "Some time soon", I'll be submitting
>> a patch to cover these errata too.
>>
>> I think the only obvious argument against is backwards compability.
>> However, as the documentation says, the option is only really intended
>> for use with the equivalen gcc option, and since that option was only
>> recently added to FSF HEAD, there shouldn't really be much problem.
>>
>> Tested on mips{,64}{,el}-elf, etc. OK to install?
>
> Ok.
Thanks. Is it ok for 2.15 as well?