> On Jan 22, 2018, at 5:17 AM, Trevor Saunders <tbsau...@tbsaunde.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:57:35AM +0100, Martin Jambor wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 19 2018, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
>>> On 01/19/2018 10:14 AM, Jeff Law wrote:
>>>
>>>> cc0 needs to die. That doesn't mean that any particular target needs to
>>>> be dropped -- it just means that someone has to step forward to do the
>>>> conversion.
>>>
>>> Unifying two parallel threads: might this be a good project for GSoC?
>>
>> I have no idea how big the task would be but it seems it could be quite
>> difficult. Therefore we would need an experienced and extraordinarily
>> willing to help mentor.
>
> I'd be willing to help students where I can, but unfortunately I suspect
> this isn't a great project. My memory of looking at what was involved
> is that you needed to learn a lot about how rtl worked to even
> understand what needed to be done much less actually change things and
> then test them. That said maybe if we don't tell them its really hard
> they'll go and do it and prove me wrong.
Not only that, but it obviously requires understanding in detail how the
particular target architecture works, for each target you want to rewrite.
With good instruction set architecture documentation that's doable though not
necessarily easy; if good documentation does not exist then it becomes harder
still.
paul
