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Commit 87255e34 authored by Andrew Trick's avatar Andrew Trick
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I'm introducing a new machine model to simultaneously allow simple

subtarget CPU descriptions and support new features of
MachineScheduler.

MachineModel has three categories of data:
1) Basic properties for coarse grained instruction cost model.
2) Scheduler Read/Write resources for simple per-opcode and operand cost model (TBD).
3) Instruction itineraties for detailed per-cycle reservation tables.

These will all live side-by-side. Any subtarget can use any
combination of them. Instruction itineraries will not change in the
near term. In the long run, I expect them to only be relevant for
in-order VLIW machines that have complex contraints and require a
precise scheduling/bundling model. Once itineraries are only actively
used by VLIW-ish targets, they could be replaced by something more
appropriate for those targets.

This tablegen backend rewrite sets things up for introducing
MachineModel type #2: per opcode/operand cost model.

llvm-svn: 159891
parent 91118a61
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