Re: [avr-llvm-devel] Sync with trunk

[Weddington, E. <Eri...@at...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Mann [mailto:rm...@la...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 3:56 PM
> To: John Myers
> Cc: Rick Mann; Stepan Dyatkovskiy; avr-llvm; Weddington, Eric
> Subject: Re: [avr-llvm-devel] Sync with trunk
> 
> 
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 14:51 , John Myers <ato...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, we're using clang.
> > No real work has been done for inline asm as far as I know. I haven't
> looked into it so I'm not sure what's even required to get it working.
> > Stepan has already volunteered to work on inline asm so I guess it
> depends on what kind of help he needs if any.
> 
> I can also try to help with the other aspects. Perhaps we should have a
> phone/Skype call to discuss some of the needs in more depth.
> 
> I'm going to an LLVM meetup tonight in Mountain View, CA. Not sure if
> any of you will be there?
> 
> 	http://llvmbayarea.appspot.com

Cool! I'd be there, but I'm in Colorado. :-/

Well, if you're willing, perhaps you can pass it on:
- AVR LLVM is still a going concern. We've had on-again, off-again progress, but still a number of people interested in having an alternative to GCC for the AVR
- Our initial goal is to be compatible with the AVR GCC toolchain, including using avr-libc, but I would also eventually like to see code optimizations implemented to be even better than AVR GCC. (BTW, I have internal contacts that can help us out with things that can be done with AVR LLVM to improve in this area.)
- My personal goal: I would like to see AVR LLVM generate as good, if not better, code size as the IAR compiler.
- We have at least one person internally who is familiar with working on LLVM backend. There may be others.
- I'd like to see AVR LLVM move to Atmel Spaces so we can have our guys help out, and I can make sure that this happens.
- When AVR LLVM is ready for real production work, I can make sure that we include it as the compiler toolchain for Atmel Studio.

If anyone is interested, feel free to have them contact me at my email address! Thanks!

Eric Weddington
Marketing Manager
Open Source & Community
Atmel