[llvm-dev] [SPIR-V] SPIR-V in LLVM

[Michael Kruse via llvm-dev]

2017-05-03 21:04 GMT+02:00 Tom Stellard via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>:
> So there are really two questions here:
> 1. Should targets be required to use SelectionDAG/GlobalISEL ?

In the past we also had a C and an LLVM-IR builder-backend (also known
as Cpp backend)  which did not use instruction selection. That is,
there are other uses cases for non-SelectionDAG/GlobalISEL backends.

I have no use for the Cpp backend, but a revival of the C backend
could be interesting.

Michael