On 4/2/19 10:49 AM, Eric Gallager wrote: > On 4/2/19, Ulrich Weigand <uweig...@de.ibm.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> the spu-elf target in GCC supports generating code for the SPU processors >> of the Cell Broadband Engine; it has been part of upstream GCC since 2008. >> >> However, at this point I believe this target is no longer in use: >> - There is no supported Cell/B.E. hardware any more. > > Wait, SPU includes the Playstation 3, right? I'm pretty sure there are > still plenty of PS3s in use out there... AFAIK my university (GWU) is > still running its PS3 supercomputer cluster... (I'd have to check to > make sure...) Even if there's potentially still users out there, if there's no maintainer to support the target, then it should be deprecated.
Of course, you could always step into that role. I'm sure Ulrich could fill you in on the responsibilities. jeff
