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Re: binutils patches for Cirrus/arm9e/maverick support
- To: binutils <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: binutils patches for Cirrus/arm9e/maverick support
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 10 Oct 2001 16:32:44 +0100
- References: <200110101456.PAA20225@cam-mail2.cambridge.arm.com>
Hi Guys,
> > It can't be just "maverick" because maverick is no one chip.
>
> But then, nor is "arm", nor is "strongarm" and nor, probably, is
> "xscale", yet all three are accepted as cpu names.
Right, so maybe we ought to accept the generic name in binutils and
the specific cpu variants in gcc.
> If you're going to insist on a particular name, then perhaps it
> should be EP9312, but how many people are going to know what that
> is...?
Plus there is also the EP7312, the CL-PS7500FE, the EP7212, the EP7211
and the EP7209...
Cheers
Nick