binutils port to a new 16bit little endian uC
Paul Koning
Paul_Koning@dell.com
Tue Feb 19 15:05:00 GMT 2008
>>>>> "DJ" == DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
DJ> Aurélien Buhrig <aurelien.buhrig@tiempo-ic.com> writes:
>> The new architecture is a 16-bit uC. The instructions are
>> therefore 16 bit wide, possibly followed by a 8bit or 16 bit
>> immediate value for the 2 word instructions.
DJ> Just FYI, CGEN doesn't like variable length opcodes. It can be
DJ> done (see the m32c files) but it's neither pretty nor easy.
DJ> m32c is, however, a fixed-endian chip. Might be a useful
DJ> reference port anyway.
Another example might be the pdp11 -- also fixed endian, but 16 bit
with 1-3 word instructions.
paul
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