[llvm-dev] What was the IR made for precisely?

[Renato Golin via llvm-dev]

I can help, at least with the ARM parts and testing.

Cheers,
Renato

On 28 Oct 2016 10:17, "David Chisnall via llvm-dev" <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>
wrote:

> On 28 Oct 2016, at 10:10, Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Oct 28, 2016, at 1:59 AM, David Chisnall <
> David.Chisnall at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 28 Oct 2016, at 09:46, Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini at apple.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Oct 28, 2016, at 1:21 AM, David Chisnall via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 28 Oct 2016, at 02:43, ジョウェットジェームス <b3i4zz1gu1 at docomo.ne.jp>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would need to sum up all the rules and ABIs and sizes for all the
> targets I need and generate different IR for each, am I correct?
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a long-known limitation of LLVM IR and there are a lot of
> proposals to fix it.  It would be great if the LLVM Foundation would fund
> someone to do the work, as it isn’t a sufficiently high priority for any of
> the large LLVM consumers and would make a huge difference to the utility of
> LLVM for a lot of people.
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me that it could be a good fit for the scope of a GSoC
> project.
> >>
> >> I think it would be difficult to do it within the timescale of the GSoC
> unless the student was already an experienced LLVM developer.  It would
> likely involve designing some good APIs (difficult!), refactoring a bunch
> of Clang code, and creating a new LLVM library.  I’ve not seen a GSoC
> project on this scale succeed in any of the open source projects that I’ve
> been involved with.  If we had a good design doc and a couple of engaged
> mentors then it might stand a chance.
> >
> > I agree with all of this, especially we need a well thought proposal and
> engaged mentors to conduct this. We could also “staged it” by having
> intermediate milestone for the project, and spawn this over multiple GSoC.
>
> I would be very happy to be engaged with the design and to co-mentor a
> student if we have anyone who looks as if they might be able to do it!
>
> David
>
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