What does it take to create a GCC machine description for a new processor ?

"Joris van der Geer" <jgeer@agere.com>
22 Mar 2001 01:16:37 -0500

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From: "Joris van der Geer" <jgeer@agere.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Mar 2001 01:16:37 -0500
Organization: Lucent Technologies, Columbus, Ohio
Keywords: GCC, question
Posted-Date: 22 Mar 2001 01:16:37 EST

I am assessing what it would take (time) to create a machine
description for GCC for a new processor. It should deliver reasonably
efficient code.


Any idea how much time such an exercize will take ?


Regards,


Joris van der Geer
[Depends on how similar it is to an existing description. -John]








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