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Re: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted?
- From: <jmiguelbenitez at supercable dot es>
- To: <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:59:40 +0100
- Subject: Re: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted?
>
> The mcore code has, unfortunatly, become very out of date. The
> mainline hasn't built since 6.2 was released, and with 6.3 past that
> broken code was dropped. This all came about because GDB's frame code
> was rewritten from scratch and the mcore was never updated to work with
> the new code.
>
> The way to revive the mcore isn't through votes, nominations, or
> appointments, it's through code. A developer with an assignment
> contributes code to current standards (most importantly does not use
> deprecated interfaces) then it can very easily be re-integrated (and
> they may quickly find themselves in a more responsible role). Any
> questions on how to do it welcome(1).
>
> Andrew
>
> (1) Exprerience suggests that largely starting from scratch (using the
> existing code as a guideline) is easier. This is because the bulk of
> the current file is redundant.
>
Hi,
I´m doing some academical research on mcore simulator and I briefly studied the sources for mcore simulator. Is that enough to be the new maintainer? I´m not up to date with changes in the simulator interface, but I could work with that.
Jose Miguel Benitez