[LLVMdev] PIC16 backend for llvm 2.5

[Duncan Sands]

Hi Sanjiv,

> Well the magnitude of the task is not small.
> ExpandIntegerOperand() calls LowerOperation() to allow targets to handle
> illegal operands. So we will need to change the interface of
> LowerOperation() to pass an extra argument called Results, which is an
> array of SDValue. Targets will push the result values in this array and
> then we can replace values in ExpandIntegerOperand(). Very much like
> what CustomLowerResults() and ReplaceNodeResults() are doing currently.
> 
> The problem is that do we want to change calls to LowerOperation() in
> LegalizeDAG as well? I think probably that is the right approach to go
> in the longer term. But currently I suggest that "Results" be the last
> argument to LowerOperation() which is defaulted to NULL. That way
> LegalizeDAG and all targets will continue to work the current way, plus
> targets like ours that want to use the last argument (i.e. "Results")
> can use them in ExapndIntegerOperand().

do you need this for operation legalization (LegalizeDAG) as well as
type legalization?  If not, then you can introduce a new method like
ReplaceNodeResults for custom type legalization of operands (or just
use ReplaceNodeResults for this too - I don't immediately see any
reason why not), and have it call LowerOperation by default.  Actually,
if you also want this for LegalizeDAG too, you can introduce a new method
which is only called in places that need it; everywhere else can still
use LowerOperation (of course in the long term there should be just one
method, but this way you can do things incrementally).  I don't much
like the idea of having Results be NULL.  I'd rather the interface was
uniform, and have any tricks be in the body of the method.

Ciao,

Duncan.