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

Misha Brukman brukman at cs.uiuc.edu
Mon Dec 27 11:05:27 PST 2004



Changes in directory llvm/docs:

WritingAnLLVMBackend.html updated: 1.3 -> 1.4
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Log message:

Add a note about registering the backend so it's available in LLC and LLI


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Diffs of the changes:  (+13 -1)

Index: llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html
diff -u llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.3 llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.4
--- llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html:1.3	Wed Dec  1 13:12:27 2004
+++ llvm/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html	Mon Dec 27 13:05:16 2004
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@
       href="CodeGenerator.html#targetmachine">TargetMachine</a></tt>, which
       configures <tt><a href="CodeGenerator.html#targetdata">TargetData</a></tt>
       correctly</li>
+  <li>Register your new target using the <tt>RegisterTarget</tt>
+  template:<br><br>
+<div class="doc_code"><pre>
+RegisterTarget<<em>MyTargetMachine</em>> M("short_name", "  Target name");
+</pre></div>
+      <br>Here, <em>MyTargetMachine</em> is the name of your implemented
+      subclass of <tt><a
+      href="CodeGenerator.html#targetmachine">TargetMachine</a></tt>,
+      <em>short_name</em> is the option that will be active following
+      <tt>-march=</tt> to select a target in llc and lli, and the last string
+      is the description of your target to appear in <tt>-help</tt>
+      listing.</li>
   </ul></li>
 <li>Implement the assembly printer for the architecture.  Usually, if you have
 described the instruction set with the assembly printer generator in mind, that
@@ -237,7 +249,7 @@
   <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: 2004/12/01 19:12:27 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2004/12/27 19:05:16 $
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