Unbreak the sparc backend.

llvm-svn: 21598

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp b/llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
index a212c3b7b98..c9312a86c97 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
@@ -1110,8 +1110,10 @@ static TypeMap<PointerValType, PointerType> PointerTypes;
 
 PointerType *PointerType::get(const Type *ValueType) {
   assert(ValueType && "Can't get a pointer to <null> type!");
-  assert(ValueType != Type::VoidTy &&
-         "Pointer to void is not valid, use sbyte* instead!");
+  // FIXME: The sparc backend makes void pointers, which is horribly broken.
+  // "Fix" it, then reenable this assertion.
+  //assert(ValueType != Type::VoidTy &&
+  //       "Pointer to void is not valid, use sbyte* instead!");
   PointerValType PVT(ValueType);
 
   PointerType *PT = PointerTypes.get(PVT);