[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html

[Misha Brukman]

Changes in directory llvm/docs:

WritingAnLLVMBackend.html updated: 1.5 -> 1.6
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Log message:

Recommend writing new instruction selectors using pattern-based mechanisms


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Diffs of the changes:  (+9 -10)

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Index: llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html
diff -u llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.5 llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.6
--- llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.5	Mon May 16 21:12:32 2005
+++ llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html	Mon May 16 21:27:30 2005
@@ -109,15 +109,14 @@
 step can be almost automated.</li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>Now, for static code generation you also need to write an instruction
-selector for your platform: see <tt>lib/Target/*/*ISelSimple.cpp</tt> which
-is no longer "simple" but it gives you the idea: you have to be able to create
-MachineInstrs for any given LLVM instruction using the <tt>InstVisitor</tt>
-pattern, and produce a <tt>MachineFunction</tt> with
-<tt>MachineBasicBlock</tt>s full of <tt><a
-href="CodeGenerator.html#machineinstr">MachineInstr</a></tt>s for a
-corresponding LLVM Function.  Creating an instruction selector is perhaps the
-most time-consuming part of creating a back-end.</p> 
+<p>You also need to write an instruction selector for your platform.  The
+recommended method is the pattern-matching instruction selector.  You can see
+examples in other targets: <tt>lib/Target/*/*ISelPattern.cpp</tt>.  The former
+method for writing instruction selectors (<b>not</b> recommended) is
+encapsulated in <tt>lib/Target/*/*ISelSimple.cpp</tt>, which are
+<tt>InstVisitor</tt>-based translators, generating code for an LLVM instruction
+at a time.  Creating an instruction selector is perhaps the most time-consuming
+part of creating a back-end.</p>
 
 <p>To create a JIT for your platform:</p>
 
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@
   <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a>
   <br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2005/05/17 02:12:32 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2005/05/17 02:27:30 $
 </address>
 
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