Re: [B2-devel] 68k->PPC JIT

[Jaime C. <jca...@gm...>]

2007/12/31, Gwenole Beauchesne <gb....@fr...>:
> Le 26 nov. 07 =E0 23:25, Jaime Cagigal a =E9crit :
>
> > This is probably interesting for Gwenole or maybe other experienced
> > coder... Bernd Meyer (Umisef), author of UAE-JIT and Amithlon has told
> > in public forums that he has almost finished a 68k->PPC JIT for UAE
> > that he would like to release if someone would like to fix a pair of
> > FPU bugs that are still there. He doesn't have time or the will to
> > finish it and he wouldn't like to release it but that no one updates
> > or maintains it.
>
> Is this a recent declaration? It has been a long time since I read

Yes, this is quite recent. He didn't want to release the 68k->PPC JIT
before AmigaOS4 was released but now he's willing to release it.

> him working on a PPC backend for the JIT and he designed the code
> with that target in mind. This is mostly useful nowadays now that we
> have a testsuite, though not for FPU instructions yet. This would be
> a good start though, to check the individual translated instructions
> semantics.
>
> I plan to change a few things in the JIT code and it would be nice
> indeed to have a look at his PPC backend.
>
I've written Mr Meyer and I hope he replies soon.


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Saludos/Best Regards
Jaime Cagigal