Difference between revisions of "Extending NaplesPU for 64-bit support"
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| − | nu+ frontend abstracts target informations through the ''TargetInfo'' class, extending it | + | nu+ frontend abstracts target informations through the ''TargetInfo'' class, extending it in the [[nu+ Clang Documentation #Defining Target Features | NuPlusTargetInfo]] implementation. |
| + | Since 64-bit operations require to support double-integer and double-floating-point formats, the following changes and additions are required in the target definition: | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 5 April 2019
nu+ toolchain can be extended to support 64-bit operations. A git branch with full 64-bit support is provided. Consequently, if it is necessary to compile the toolchain supporting this extension, a checkout on llvm-7 branch is required.
Changes are related to both frontend and backend.
nu+ frontend modifications
nu+ frontend abstracts target informations through the TargetInfo class, extending it in the NuPlusTargetInfo implementation. Since 64-bit operations require to support double-integer and double-floating-point formats, the following changes and additions are required in the target definition:
