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Comment at: clang/include/clang/Basic/Cuda.h:109
+  // Generic processor model is for testing only.
+  return A >= CudaArch::GFX600 && A <= CudaArch::GFX1035;
 }
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yaxunl wrote:
> can we use A < CudaArch::Generic instead? to avoid updating this line each 
> time we add a new gfx arch.
Changed as suggested.


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Comment at: clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td:1136
+def offload_EQ : CommaJoined<["--"], "offload=">, Flags<[NoXarchOption]>,
+  HelpText<"Specify comma-separated list of offloading targets.">;
+
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yaxunl wrote:
> linjamaki wrote:
> > tra wrote:
> > > `comma-separated list of offloading targets.` is, unfortunately, somewhat 
> > > ambiguous.
> > > Does it mean "how the offload will be done". I.e. HSA, OpenMP, SPIRV, 
> > > CUDA? 
> > > Or does it mean specific hardware we need to generate the code for? 
> > > The code suggests it's a variant of the former, but the option 
> > > description does not. 
> > > 
> > > E.g. `offload_arch_EQ ` also uses the term "offloading target" but with a 
> > > different meaning.
> > > 
> > I’m not sure how to rephrase the option description to be more clear. In 
> > the [1] the `--offload` option is envisioned to be quite 
> > flexible/expressive - it can take in target triples, offload kinds, 
> > processors, aliases for processor sets, etc.
> > 
> > FYI, I have imagined that the `--offload` option would take in explicit 
> > offload kind and target triple combinations as the basis. For example, 
> > something like this:
> > 
> > 
> > ```
> > --offload=hip-amdgcn-amd-amdhsa,openmp-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> > ```
> > 
> > And top of that, there would be predefined strings/shortcuts/aliases that 
> > expand to the basic form. For example, 
> > `--offload=sm_70,openmp-host` could expand to something like:
> > 
> > 
> > ```
> > --offload=cuda-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda,openmp-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 
> > -Xoffload=cuda-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda -march=sm_70 ...
> > 
> > ```
> > Then there is a feature as discussed in [1] that the offload kind can be 
> > dropped if it can be inferred by other means (e.g. from `-x hip` option). 
> > 
> The description better matches the current implementation.
> 
> By this patch, `--offload=` only supports specifying target triple for HIP 
> and assumes default processor. The description should reflect that.
> 
> In the future, as `--offload=` supports more values, the description may be 
> updated.
> 
> Also, `--offload=` is designed to be mutually exclusive with 
> `--offload-arch=`. Probably we should check and diagnose that.
Thanks for the feedback. The option description has been changed to reflect the 
current state. 


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