Re: [DynInst_API:] Pruning former platform support

[Jeff Hollingsworth <hollings@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's keep VxWorks a bit longer,  I am trying to get some money to keep 
that alive.
OSF was the operating system for Alpha, it can go.

Jeff

On 1/10/2014 11:28 AM, Barton Miller wrote:
> Hi Josh and thanks for this offer.  Yes, this type of cleanup is overdue.
>
> Yes, we can definitely cut support for:
> Alpha
> MIPS
> IRIX
> Solaris
>
> I'd like to get Jeff Hollingsworth's comments on vxworks (Jeff is cc'd).
>
> And I'm not sure what OSF is.  Folks?
>
> As for AIX, any comments on whether this will come up again with IBM?
>
> --bart
>
>
> > On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Josh Stone <jistone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > As I look for minor tasks that I can help with, one possibility is to
> > clean up platforms that used to be supported, but are no longer.
> >
> > First looking at arch_* macros, arch_alpha and arch_mips have just one
> > tiny occurrence each, and seem like obvious things to prune.
> >
> > There are more os_* macros.  I think os_freebsd, os_linux, os_windows,
> > and all the os_bg* platforms are the only ones with active support.
> > That leaves os_aix, os_irix, os_osf, os_solaris, and os_vxworks which
> > seem to not be supported anymore.
> >
> > So, would patches be acceptable to remove code for these platforms?  As
> > a first pass, I just intend to look around those mentioned macros, and
> > any source files that were completely specific to those platforms.
> > Later we might approach it a little more deeply, for example by removing
> > unneeded abstractions.
> >
> >
> > Josh
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