RE: [EXT] Re: [RFC PATCH v3 00/34] Hexagon patch series

[Brian Cain]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qemu-devel <qemu-devel-bounces+bcain=quicinc.com@nongnu.org>
> On Behalf Of Rob Landley
...
> 
> On 8/30/20 3:47 PM, Taylor Simpson wrote:
> > Richard,
> >
> > Thank you so much for the feedback.  I really appreciate it.
> >
> > I'll get to work addressing the issues.  Since some of the items will take 
> > longer
> than others, please advise whether it's preferred to send intermediate updates
> or wait until they are all addressed.
> >
> > Taylor
> 
> Which branch of https://github.com/quic/qemu do I pull to try this without
> scraping 30 patches out of the mailing list?

IIRC this patch series was "small_series_v3"

> >>> Once the series is applied, the Hexagon port will pass "make check-tcg".
> >>> The series also includes Hexagon-specific tests in tcg/tests/hexagon.
> >>>
> >>> We have a parallel effort to make the Hexagon Linux toolchain inside
> >>> a
> >> docker
> >>> container publically available.
> >>
> >> Oh, excellent.
> 
> Is that a follow-up to https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-
> hexagon/msg01706.html
> and is this a clang toolchain or a gcc toolchain?

It's a clang toolchain.

> I've noticed gcc 9.2 has hexagon in config.guess and config.sub, but the only
> other file outside of the test suite containing the word "hexagon" in a case
> insensitive match is the Changelog saying Linas Veptas added it to 
> config.guess
> and config.sub in 2011. And while https://github.com/quic has a musl fork it
> doesn't have any compiler or linker forks...

clang and lld support for hexagon exists in the upstream llvm-project repo.

-Brian

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