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Re: Template target
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: "Svein E. Seldal" <Svein dot Seldal at solidas dot com>
- Cc: gcc <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:51:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: Template target
- References: <3DF8443D.8080709@solidas.com>
On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:09:33AM +0100, Svein E. Seldal wrote:
>
> When porting gcc to a new target, the docs advices to look at how other
> target are implemented. Are there a particular target (gcc/config/xxx)
> which will serve good as a reference/template for learning the
> structure, yet still being simple and implemented straight forward?
Depends on the nature of the chip you're targeting. There's no single
best answer.
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I would therefore like to posit that computing's central challenge, viz. "How
not to make a mess of it," has /not/ been met.
- Edsger Dijkstra, 1930-2002