[PATCH] D20700: [Docs][WritingAnLLVMBackend] Makefiles are deprecated
Visoiu Mistrih Francis via llvm-commits
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Thu May 26 13:18:57 PDT 2016
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* docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.rst: Makefiles are no longer used. The users should use CMakeLists.txt. In order to add the target, the TARGETS_TO_BUILD is replaced with LLVM_ALL_TARGETS.
http://reviews.llvm.org/D20700
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docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.rst
Index: docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.rst
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--- docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.rst
+++ docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.rst
@@ -135,14 +135,13 @@
files related to your target. If your target is called "Dummy", create the
directory ``lib/Target/Dummy``.
-In this new directory, create a ``Makefile``. It is easiest to copy a
-``Makefile`` of another target and modify it. It should at least contain the
-``LEVEL``, ``LIBRARYNAME`` and ``TARGET`` variables, and then include
-``$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common``. The library can be named ``LLVMDummy`` (for
-example, see the MIPS target). Alternatively, you can split the library into
-``LLVMDummyCodeGen`` and ``LLVMDummyAsmPrinter``, the latter of which should be
-implemented in a subdirectory below ``lib/Target/Dummy`` (for example, see the
-PowerPC target).
+In this new directory, create a ``CMakeLists.txt``. It is easiest to copy a
+``CMakeLists.txt`` of another target and modify it. It should at least contain
+the ``LLVM_TARGET_DEFINITIONS`` variable. The library can be named ``LLVMDummy``
+(for example, see the MIPS target). Alternatively, you can split the library
+into ``LLVMDummyCodeGen`` and ``LLVMDummyAsmPrinter``, the latter of which
+should be implemented in a subdirectory below ``lib/Target/Dummy`` (for example,
+see the PowerPC target).
Note that these two naming schemes are hardcoded into ``llvm-config``. Using
any other naming scheme will confuse ``llvm-config`` and produce a lot of
@@ -157,12 +156,11 @@
subclass of ``TargetMachine``.)
To get LLVM to actually build and link your target, you need to add it to the
-``TARGETS_TO_BUILD`` variable. To do this, you modify the configure script to
-know about your target when parsing the ``--enable-targets`` option. Search
-the configure script for ``TARGETS_TO_BUILD``, add your target to the lists
-there (some creativity required), and then reconfigure. Alternatively, you can
-change ``autoconf/configure.ac`` and regenerate configure by running
-``./autoconf/AutoRegen.sh``.
+``LLVM_ALL_TARGETS`` variable. To do this, you modify the main
+``CMakeLists.txt`` script to know about your target when parsing the
+``--enable-targets`` option. Search the ``CMakeLists.txt`` file for
+``LLVM_ALL_TARGETS``, add your target to the lists there
+(some creativity required), and then call ``cmake``.
Target Machine
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