[PATCH] opcodes: cris: move desc & opc files from sim/

[Mike Frysinger]

On 20 May 2021 15:21, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > On 20 May 2021 01:48, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > > From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > > > On 19 May 2021 23:32, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > > > > From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <Hans-Peter.Nilsson@axis.com>
> > > > > > From: Mike Frysinger via Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>
> > > > > > > All other cgen ports keep their desc & opc files under opcodes/, so
> > > > > > > move the cris files over too.  The cris-opc.c file is already here.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Unline (most) other CGEN ports, the assembler and
> > > > > > disassembler isn't generated from the CGEN description.  But
> > > > > > that's not a reason to keep it different in this regard.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ok with the appropriate opcodes/ChangeLog entry.  Thanks!
> > > > > 
> > > > > No, wait, NOT ok: cris-opc.c isn't CGEN-generated.  Please
> > > > > fix so it isn't "regenerated".
> > > > 
> > > > you want me to delete the cris cgen rule entirely ?
> > > 
> > > "No" if you mean removing the regeneration rule for the
> > > CGEN-generated CRIS files of course.
> > > 
> > > But, if you want to move the CRIS CGEN files to opcodes/,
> > > there must be precautions to not overwrite the cris-opc.c
> > > there.
> > 
> > from what i can tell, the opcodes/ script has no support for only generating
> > a single file.  it wants to do them all.  so you want me to pull the desc
> > logic out of sim/common/cgen.sh and into opcodes/cgen.sh so that cris can run
> > that logic ?
> 
> I want you to do something, if anything, that works for CRIS
> sim *and* binutils.  If your suggestion is sane to you, then
> perhaps yes, but as the CGEN files aren't used for CRIS
> binutils, leaving things as they are in sim may be even
> simpler.

the desc & opc files are tightly coupled with the BFD & opcodes APIs.
they break with changes i'm trying to make to sim.  they need to get
moved out.

> > it's hard to test as the cris cgen rules fail for me even now with syntax
> > errors in the scm files.
> 
> Badness.  CGEN as in using sim/common/cgen.sh?  Is there an
> issue entered in bugzilla?  I guess someone has been naughty
> and didn't test a CGEN change properly.

seems like it's the opposite.  cgen is stuck on guile-1.8 even though
distros have moved on to 2.0+.
-mike