binutils-gdb/gas/NOTES.config
Fred Fish 6455664321 * NOTES.config (Implementation): as.h #define's "GAS" not "gas",
includes config.h instead of host.h, tc.h instead of tp.h, and
	targ-env.h instead of target-environment.h.
	Also, obj-format.h includes targ-cpu.h instead of
 	target-processor.h.
start-sanitize-tic80
	(Laying groundwork, that will be incrementally fleshed out,
	 for TIc80 support)
	* configure.in (case ${generic_target}): Add tic80-*-coff entry.
	* configure: Rebuild with autoconf.
	* config/obj-coff.h (coff/tic80.h): Include if TC_TIC80 defined.
	(TARGET_FORMAT): Define to "coff-tic80".
	* config/tc-tic80.c: New file for TIc80 support.
	* config/tc-tic80.h: New file for TIc80 support.
end-sanitize-tic80
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The GAS Configuration Plan
Theory:
The goal of the new configuration scheme is to bury all object format
and target processor dependancies in object and target specific files.
That is, to move all #ifdef's out of the gas common code.
Here's how it works. There is a .h and a .c file for each object file
format and a .h and a .c file for each target processor. The
configure script creates symlinks in the current directory to the
appropriate files in the config directory. configure also serves as a
list of triplets {host, target, object-format} that have been tested
at one time or another. I also recommend that configure be used to
document triplet specific notes as to purpose of the triplet, etc.
Implementation:
obj-format.h is a {sym}link to .../config/obj-something.h. It is intended
All gas .c files include as.h.
as.h #define's "GAS", includes config.h, defines a number of gas
specific structures and types, and then includes tc.h, obj.h, and
targ-env.h.
targ-env.h defines a target environment specific preprocessor flag,
eg, TE_SUN, and then includes obj-format.h.
obj-format.h defines an object format specific preprocessor flag, eg,
OBJ_AOUT, OBJ_BOUT, OBJ_COFF, includes "targ-cpu.h", and then defines
the object specific macros, functions, types, and structures.
targ-cpu.h
targ-cpu.c
Porting:
There appear to be four major types of ports; new hosts, new target
processors, new object file formats, and new target environments.