From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) To: dje@transmeta.com (Doug Evans) Cc: Stan Cox , cgen@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: patch for insn size > word size Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 13:20:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <200104041605.f34G5OP05491@scox.meridian.redhat.com> <15051.25210.786209.678294.cygnus.local.cgen@casey.transmeta.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-q2/msg00005.html dje wrote: : [...] : > This proposed patch adds support for architectures where the insn size : > is larger than the word size. [...] : : I'd like to think about this one for a day or two. We have a need to take this whole opcodes area of the cgen runtime a leap beyond where it is now. Support for variable and strange length instruction sets all have increasing urgency. I am tempted to finally reorganize/rewrite this area to use a single consistent general system. Just so you know ... - FChE