On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Sébastien Bourdeauducq <sebastien.bourdeauducq at lekernel.net> wrote:> Just bringing that up as I did not get any reply so far.Resending the email isn't really productive; for the given question, the lack of a reply should answer your question. Was there something else you wanted to ask? -Eli> Thanks, > Sébastien > > > On Tuesday 18 May 2010 18:38:41 Sébastien Bourdeauducq wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Would anyone be interested in developing a LatticeMico32 backend in LLVM? >> >> LatticeMico32 [1] is an open source microprocessor core designed by Lattice >> Semiconductor and typically used in FPGAs. It is comparable to the >> Microblaze processor that you already support. >> >> It is already supported by GNU Binutils and GCC (4.5+). It is used by the >> Milkymist [2] and RTEMS [3] projects. The Milkymist project would like to >> use the LLVM compiler toolchain as an alternative to GCC, which requires >> developing a LM32 backend. >> >> Thanks, >> Sébastien Bourdeauducq >> >> [1] http://www.latticesemi.com/mico32 >> [2] http://www.milkymist.org >> [3] http://www.rtems.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > LLVM Developers mailing list > LLVMdev at cs.uiuc.edu http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu > http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev >
On Monday 24 May 2010 14:32:19 Eli Friedman wrote:> Resending the email isn't really productive; for the given question, > the lack of a reply should answer your question. Was there something > else you wanted to ask?I find this message unhelpful at best, if not purely arrogant. You are making an open source compiler, I am making an open source processor: we are fighting for the same cause, aren't we? I would have hoped for something else than such a troll-ish attitude. Sébastien
On 2010-05-24 16:09, Sébastien Bourdeauducq wrote:> On Monday 24 May 2010 14:32:19 Eli Friedman wrote: >> Resending the email isn't really productive; for the given question, >> the lack of a reply should answer your question. Was there something >> else you wanted to ask? > > I find this message unhelpful at bestTry contacting the author of the Microblaze backend off-list (See CREDITS.TXT) and see if he's interested. Maybe he is, but he wasn't following LLVMdev lately.>, if not purely arrogant. You are making > an open source compiler, I am making an open source processorI don't think anyone would reject a LatticeMico32 backend if you were to submit it to LLVM when it is ready (assuming the license is compatible). Best regards, --Edwin
Hello Sébastien, Making backends to LLVM is a significant amount of work. If you want somebody to do it for you, either offer some payment or do your own coding. Keep in mind that the bread-and-butter support for LLVM comes from Apple computer so unless the next iPad will start using softcores, be prepared to pursue the other courses of action I laid out. I may be having to write a backend to the N68050 softcore soon but am busy writing my own LLVM-based compiler at the moment so don't expect me to jump up and down with excitement just because there is a new softcore that doesn't have a compiler for it. That is my perspective. Now for the good news: LLVM is not just a compiler, it is a compiler framework. There are dozens of programming languages being based on LLVM. If you still decide to make an LLVM backend for your softcore, you can certainly find help here with your programming questions and TableGen problems. --Sam ----- Original Message ----> From: Sébastien Bourdeauducq <sebastien.bourdeauducq at lekernel.net> > To: Eli Friedman <eli.friedman at gmail.com> > Cc: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu > Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 8:09:17 AM > Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] LatticeMico32 (LM32) backend > > On Monday 24 May 2010 14:32:19 Eli Friedman wrote: > Resending the email > isn't really productive; for the given question, > the lack of a reply > should answer your question. Was there something > else you wanted > to ask?I find this message unhelpful at best, if not purely arrogant.> You are makingan open source compiler, I am making an open source> processor: we are fightingfor the same cause, aren't we? I would have hoped> for something else than sucha troll-ish> attitude.Sébastien