| * Writing out ELF files is close to working but the following needs to |
| be examined more closely: |
| - ELF relocation records are incorrect because the function |
| ELFObjectWriter::RecordRelocation is hard coded for X86/X86-64. |
| - Relocations use 2-byte / 4-byte to terminology in reference to |
| the size of the immediate value being changed. The Xilinx |
| terminology seems to be (???) 4-byte / 8-byte in reference |
| to the number of bytes of instructions that are being changed. |
| - BRLID and like instructions are always assumed to use a 4-byte |
| immediate value for the relocation and BEQID and like instructions |
| are always assumed to use a 2-byte immediate value for the relocation. |
| I think this means that conditional branches like BEQID can only |
| branch += 32768 bytes (~8192 instructions). We should allow conditional |
| branches to use 4-byte relocations but I'm not sure how to do that |
| right now. |
| - Relocation records for indirect calls are not being generated |
| correctly. These should emit and IMM 0 directly before the ORI |
| instruction that loads the register (just like when a BRLID |
| instruction is used instead of an ORI). |
| |
| * Code generation seems to work relatively well now but the following |
| needs to be examined more closely: |
| - The stack layout needs to be examined to make sure it meets |
| the standard, especially in regards to var arg functions. |
| - The delay slot filler is ad hoc but seems to work. Load and |
| store instructions were prevented from being moved to delay |
| slots but I'm not sure that is necessary. |
| - The processor itineraries are copied from a different backend |
| and need to be updated to model the MicroBlaze correctly. |
| - Look at the MBlazeGenFastISel.inc stuff and make use of it |
| if appropriate. |
| |
| * A basic assembly parser is present now and seems to parse most things. |
| There are a few things that need to be looked at: |
| - There are some instructions that are not generated by the backend |
| and have not been tested as far as the parser is concerned. |
| - The assembly parser does not use any MicroBlaze specific directives. |
| I should investigate if there are MicroBlaze specific directive and, |
| if there are, add them. |
| - The instruction MFS and MTS use special names for some of the |
| special registers that can be accessed. These special register |
| names should be parsed by the assembly parser. |