Using and porting GNU lightning

gnu lightning

This document describes installing, using and porting the gnu lightning library for dynamic code generation. Unlike other dynamic code generation systems, which are usually either inefficient or non-portable, gnu lightning is both retargetable and very fast.

• Overview: What GNU lightning is.
• Using GNU lightning: Using GNU lightning in your programs
• Porting GNU lightning: Retargeting GNU lightning to a new system
• Future: Tasks for GNU lightning's subsequent releases
• Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements for GNU lightning

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Using gnu lightning:

• Installation: Configuring and installing GNU lightning
• The instruction set: The RISC instruction set used i GNU lightning
• GNU lightning macros: GNU lightning's macros
• Reentrancy: Re-entrant usage of GNU lightning
• Autoconf support: Using autoconf with GNU lightning

Porting gnu lightning:

• Structure of a port: An overview of the porting process
• Adjusting configure: Automatically recognizing the new platform
• Run-time assemblers: An internal layer to simplify porting
• Standard macros: The platform-independent layer used by clients.
• Standard functions: Doing more complex tasks.
• Floating-point macros: Implementing macros for floating point.

Standard macros:

• Forward references: Implementing forward references
• Common features: Common features supported by core-common.h
• Delay slots: Supporting scheduling of delay slots
• Immediate values: Supporting arbitrarily sized immediate values
• Implementing the ABI: Function prologs and epilogs, and argument passing
• Macro list: Macros composing the platform-independent layer