> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luigi Grasso [mailto:Luigi.Grasso@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:28 AM
> To: pro64-contrib@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: re-targeting Pro64
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a PhD student involved in research over VLIW arch., my team is
> currently looking for a front/back-end compiler enough customizable to
> be matched with the arch. of the processor we are going to develop
> (Zelich arch.).
>
> Does somebody have a felling on:
>
> (1) "how easy" would be the re-targeting process?
Prof Gao has done retargetting back to Mips. He is with U of Delaware.
> (2) how good documented is the internal structure of the compiler?
Not very. But that's a very "big" question. What part of the compiler
are you interested in? Other parts that you don't care, it doesn't matter,
right? Just don't think that you can try to comprehend the "whole" compiler
in a matter of one year. So, narrow down your scope and ask the question
again. If you need to add additional IR (i.e. WHIRL changes), you'll gonna
need a lot of help.
> (3) how it is right now, is it pretty stable or still buggy?
This also depends on your need. Why not just use it and make up your
own mind about it.
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