On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.benn...@embecosm.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > You've probably seen that Joern Rennecke (amylaar) has been pinging > repeatedly for help reviewing the ARC port: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-09/msg02072.html > > Joern is approved as a maintainer, and the tests have been reviewed and > approved (thanks to Mike Stump). However approximately a year since the > original submission, after making various changes suggested at that time, > the port itself still awaits review of acceptance. > > We are in the curious position of a port that has a maintainer and testsuite > accepted, but no actual port. > > What can we do to move this to completion for 4.9 stage 1? It is not the > smallest port (the ARC is a complex reconfigurable processor family), but it > has been in use for a long time, causes no regression errors in other > targets, and has been submitted by a long-standing contributor to GCC. > > Advice on how to move this forward much appreciated.
>From a RM point of view we can accept a new port also during stage3 if the required middle-end changes are minimal. That said, GCC is still mostly volunteer driven in this area (I don't know of any company sponsoring review of ports that are not their own ...). Also I guess the only reviewers that are able to approve the port technically are global reviewers (and maybe the port maintainers themselves for port specific parts?!). Clarification from the SC would be most welcome here, also ideas on how to address this (recurring) issue. Thanks, Richard. PS: For a company there is always the possibility to go out and contract one of the companies that has a global reviewer on their side to work with them getting a port integrated. > Thanks, > > > Jeremy Bennett > > -- > Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 > Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 > SkypeID: jeremybennett > Twitter: @jeremypbennett > Email: jeremy.benn...@embecosm.com > Web: www.embecosm.com
