And last, the superclass defines an abstract print() virtual method that we need to implement. This is only used for…

In the M88kMCTargetDesc.cpp file, we need to make a couple of additions: First, we need a new factory method for…

The M88kInstPrinter class has a similar structure to the M88kMCCodeEmitter class. As mentioned previously, the InstPrinter class is responsible for…

Internally in LLVM, an instruction is represented by an instance of the MCInst class. An instruction can be emitted as…

The assembler parser is easy to implement, since LLVM provides a framework for it, and large parts are generated from…

The target registry expects a factory method for each of the classes here. Let’s begin with the instruction information. We…

Creating the top-level file for the target descriptionSo far, we created the M88kRegisterInfo.td, M88kInstrFormats.td, and M88kInstrInfo.td files. The target description…

Let’s examine the functionality provided by this class in more detail. The func parameter specifies the operation. As a special…

An instruction is defined using the TableGen Instruction class. Defining an instruction is a complex task because we have to…