Re: [RFC] Removal of AVR32

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven at gmail dot com>]

List,

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> In the next release of crosstool-NG, I am planning to remove AVR32 support.
> Not to be confused with AVR support.
>
> The reason for removing AVR32 support is that it is difficult to port
> the large patch set for AVR32 to newer versions of GCC, and I plan to
> remove older versions of gcc in upcoming version 1.23.0 of
> crosstool-NG.
>
> The AVR32 toolchain for windows can be found here:
> http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATMELAVRTOOLCHAINFORWINDOWS.aspx
> The AVR32 toolchain for linux can be found here:
> http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATMELAVRTOOLCHAINFORLINUX.aspx
> And the source for both can be found here:
> http://distribute.atmel.no/tools/opensource/Atmel-AVR32-GNU-Toolchain/3.4.3/
>
> As mentioned in the github issue #222:
> https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/issues/222
>
> "If you really need an older version of gcc, I have nothing against
> supporting older releases of crosstool-ng that have your compiler
> version in it. When you open a pull request, just make sure you change
> the target branch to the correct version of crosstool-ng, and not use
> master. When that branch functions the way you expect, I will push a
> branch release (say: 1.20.1)."
>
> I'm told by Thomas Petazzoni that "AVR32 is a deprecated
> architecture", and if no one steps up to port support for this
> architecture in newer versions of gcc, then it will go away silently
> in the night.
>
> Let me know you're thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Bryan

In change 232:
https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng/pull/232

I have also removed AVR32 support. If you still need this support in
crosstool-ng, look to the older 1.21.0 release. As I mentioned in
#222, I am open to pull requests for older branches if you need
anything fixed or backported.

Cheers,

-Bryan

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