it is highly specific to the object file that will be generated in the end,
this introduces a new TargetLoweringObjectFile interface that is implemented
for each of ELF/MachO/COFF/Alpha/PIC16 and XCore.
Though still is still a brutal and ugly refactoring, this is a major step
towards goodness.
This patch also:
1. fixes a bunch of dangling pointer problems in the PIC16 backend.
2. disables the TargetLowering copy ctor which PIC16 was accidentally using.
3. gets us closer to xcore having its own crazy target section flags and
pic16 not having to shadow sections with its own objects.
4. fixes wierdness where ELF targets would set CStringSection but not
CStringSection_. Factor the code better.
5. fixes some bugs in string lowering on ELF targets.
llvm-svn: 77294
Implement _section macro to allow users to place objects in specific sections.
Implement _address macro to allow users to place objects at a particular address.
Placing objects at a memory address:
crate a unique section name from varname, address, object type and put that section at specified address. Mark this section a full (size = banksize) so that other objects do not compete for it while placing objects to sections in AsmPrinter.
llvm-svn: 74822
Split large global data (both initialized and un-initialized) into multiple sections of <= 80 bytes.
Provide routines to manage PIC16 ABI naming conventions.
llvm-svn: 71073
A brief description about PIC16:
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PIC16 is an 8-bit microcontroller with only one 8-bit register which is the
accumulator. All arithmetic/load/store operations are 8-bit only.
The architecture has two address spaces: program and data. The program memory
is divided into 2K pages and the data memory is divided into banks of 128 byte, with only 80 usable bytes, resulting in an non-contiguous data memory.
It supports direct data memory access (by specifying the address as part of the instruction) and indirect data and program memory access (in an unorthodox fashion which utilize a 16 bit pointer register).
Two classes of registers exist: (8-bit class which is only one
accumulator) (16-bit class, which contains one or more 16 bit
pointer(s))
llvm-svn: 51027
Chris Lattner