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Re: cgen?
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Miles Bader <miles at gnu dot org>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, cgen at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 07 Feb 2005 11:24:08 -0500
- Subject: Re: cgen?
- References: <buoacqgq3d1.fsf@mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp>
Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp> writes:
> I'm going to write GNU toolchain support (binutils/gas/gcc) for a
> new micro-controller processor arch, and I'd like to know if it's
> recommended these days to use "cgen" or not for the binutils/gas
> bits, as opposed to just rolling everything by hand. [...]
This is not very relevant to gcc, in that cgen has no (public)
gcc-related porting backend. It helps build assemblers and
simulators. It is pretty stable and has a user base (including
various Red Hat porting contracts).
- FChE