ticket for adding ARM backend to NCG?

[Rob Stewart]

On 3 January 2014 12:37, Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:

> * But using LLVM has some disadvantages.
>   c) we play some efficiency tricks (notably "tables next to code") that
>      LLVM can't play (yet).  I think.

In fact, this could well be implemented in the GHC 7.10, as this has
been committed in LLVM on 15th September:
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2013-September/002565.html

Implementing "tables next to code" in the LLVM IR generation may be
something to get one's teeth into in time for 7.10 ?

Carter: was this discussed further on #haskell-llvm ?

--
Rob


> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Karel
> | Gardas
> | Sent: 03 January 2014 11:24
> | To: Jens Petersen
> | Cc: ghc-devs at haskell.org
> | Subject: Re: ticket for adding ARM backend to NCG?
> |
> |
> | Guys,
> |
> | I've been tinkering with ARM NCG idea for quite some time now, but
> | honestly I've been always in doubts if it's the best way for GHC at all.
> | I've thought that the plan was to kind of move out of NCG to LLVM based
> | backends and I've though that although this plan may be kind of stuck
> | now, it's still on the table.
> |
> | Yes, I know that GHC is volunteering effort so if someone comes and asks
> | for an ARM NCG implementation merge it'll be probably done in some time,
> | but I'm not sure if it's what's the most welcome at the end.
> |
> | Just some of my doubts about it...
> |
> | I would really appreciate some authoritative word about the topic from
> | more involved GHC developers... I mean especially about NCG future...
> |
> | Thanks!
> | Karel
> |
> | On 01/ 3/14 09:35 AM, Jens Petersen wrote:
> | > On 3 January 2014 03:10, Corey O'Connor <coreyoconnor at gmail.com
> | > <mailto:coreyoconnor at gmail.com>> wrote:
> | >
> | >     My interest is just to get involved somehow in the NCG. Starting a
> | >     new backend seemed reasonable only because I couldn't break
> | >     something that didn't exist. ;-)
> | >
> | >
> | > Well a big +1 from me for armv7 NCG.
> | >
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