RE: [avr-gcc-list] Re: AVR LLVM backend?

[Weddington, Eric]

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> org] On Behalf Of Ron Kreymborg
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:45 PM
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> Subject: RE: [avr-gcc-list] Re: AVR LLVM backend?
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> >It includes this statement:
> > 
> > "LLVM 2.4 also includes an initial port for the PIC16 
> microprocessor. This
> > target only has support for 8 bit registers, and a number 
> of other crazy
> > constraints. While the port is still in early development 
> stages, it shows
> > some interesting things you can do with LLVM."
> > 
> > -Preston
> 
> The "crazy constraints" implies what someone has earlier 
> mentioned, that
> nobody at LLVM ever thought it would be ported to anything 
> 8-bit. Success
> for a PIC port should give heart to an AVR attempt.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

GCC doesn't do Harvard Architecture. Let's see if LLVM is any better.