Glob to match bare-metal SuperH target triple in config.gcc seems wrong (sh*-superh-elf)?
John Scott <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:38:14 +0000
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--=-qexMkIpqK3/+K62dlYkq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I noticed at https://forge.sourceware.org/gcc/gcc-mirror/src/branch/master/= gcc/config.gcc#L3399 that a glob expression "sh*-superh-elf" is used, and i= t's apparently intended to match embedded SuperH targets. However, the use = of the "superh" token in the target triple appears to be serving as a manuf= acturer name. This looks like it could be a mistake; for example, I simply = use the target triple "sh-elf" when building Debian's bare-metal toolchain,= and so this clause wouldn't take effect. It's also weird to see SuperH use= d in the manufacturer field anyway (Hitachi and Renesas would be more fitti= ng if this were intended). On the other hand, such as at lines 3429 and 3466 there, it seems like "sh-= superh-*" is intended to be the same as "sh4-*", but only if there is no su= ffix on the CPU name. For example, sh2-superh-elf wouldn't get this "magic"= treatment of being promoted to sh4. This is, at the very least, confusing, and if it's on purpose some in-line = commentary would be helpful. Maybe there was a historical reason for this? = Otherwise it would be fitting if the matching expression didn't include a m= anufacturer/vendor name because that is imprecise and doesn't make a lot of= sense here. Thanks --=-qexMkIpqK3/+K62dlYkq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iPsEABYKAKMWIQSiPzylvTnZ6xisfzWz9N0oYfTNugUCad2oj3IYaHR0cHM6Ly9q b2huc2NvdHQubWUvLndlbGwta25vd24vbmkvc2hhLTI1Ni9zWUF3OTN6QUVrRkIy RDREM1hOemRSeHEyMFBjNnByZGdtbEVWeXo0QUZRP2N0PWFwcGxpY2F0aW9uJTJG cGdwLWtleXMSHGpzY290dEBwb3N0ZW8ubmV0AAoJELP03Shh9M26RhsA/iXjoDFY E6dlGUlMDlCYHVzyElM+pK55Ze3gz77DehMtAP9EiVXBq4QnMtR5ijb5AyrofJu6 CIbr5ORKY0lQMpBQCQ== =O+m+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qexMkIpqK3/+K62dlYkq--