> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benedict R. Gaster [mailto:benedict.gaster@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:55 AM
> To: sun.c.chan@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: pro64-support@xxxxxxxxxxx; roy.ju@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: moving forward with Pro64 development and support
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for your email outlining the development of the
> Open Research
> Compiler.
>
> Here at SuperH we have been working with the Pro64 compiler
> for some time
> now (initially within STMicroelectronics) and are currently in the
> process of porting this technology to the SH-5 SHmedia instruction set
> architecture, with the aim of supporting current and future SuperH
> technologies. The current expectation is that we shall make
> an internal
> beta release towards the end of November (this is unlikely to include
> support for debugging) and a full release towards the end of
> Q1 2002. We
> expect to have a demo available in time for Micro in December.
>
> Are there any plans to:
>
> 1. Improve the infrastructure for configuring and building (e.g.,
> selecting different targets) the Pro64 compiler?
Since we are not retargetting, no. I know of several efforts retargetting,
perhaps this is a topic of general interest.
>
> 2. Replace the GNU C and C++ frontends, including machine RTL
> descriptions, currently taken from a snapshot of a 2.96 variant, with
> the ABI modified 3.x frontends?
This is a genuine concern shared amongst a number of groups. For our site,
we have no immediate plan until after our own first release.
>
> 3. Release any of the missing SGI documentation for the current Pro64
> compiler or document the ORC release?
We will make an attempt to do that. I've tried to cover the important
ones for developers (such as Mempool usage, 0.13 release running on NUE,
...)
>
> We are commited to providing and supporting developement
> tools, for SuperH
> architectures, based on Open Source technology, including the
> GNU tools
> (i.e., GCC, binutils, GDB, and Linux) and the Pro64 compiler.
> Of course,
> we would hope to intergrate our work on the Pro64 with a
> future release
> of ORC.
>
> We look forward to meeting and talking with you at Micro in December.
>
> Ben Gaster, Tony Bowers
> Software Architecture Group
> SuperH, Inc.
>
> sun.c.chan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > As you might have heard, Microprocessor Research Lab of
> Intel and Institute
> > of Computing
> > Technology, Chinese Academy of Science has a joint compiler
> development
> > effort going on
> > that is based on Pro64. The compiler is called Open
> Research Compiler (ORC).
> > We are
> > not in a position to pledge resource commitment. It goes
> without saying that
> > it is to our
> > interest to keep some organized support and discussion
> mailing group going
> > on, now that SGI
> > has officially withdraw its support of it.
> > This is what we are committed in the near future:
> > 1. Open source our modified version of the compiler, release date is
> > expected to be around
> > the end of this year. Modification includes new
> optimizations to
> > exploit IA64 features.
> >
> > 2. Tutorial session in this year's Micro at Austin, Tx (Dec
> 1). We will give
> > details about
> > our compiler, release date as well as what kind of
> support we will
> > commit at that time.
> >
> > We are planning a discussion/support group (possibly in
> sourceforge) to keep
> > discussions about
> > this compiler (and variations of it) going.
> > We are also interested in knowing what your needs are, what you can
> > contribute in terms of
> > projects, resource, ...
> > Your input is also key in helping us to map out future
> commitments to our
> > own release of the
> > ORC compiler.
> >
> > Sun Chan, Roy Ju
> > Programming Systems Lab, MRL
> > Intel Corp.
>
>
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