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| author | David Schleef <ds@schleef.org> | 2010-07-14 01:12:50 +0400 |
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| committer | David Schleef <ds@schleef.org> | 2010-07-14 02:40:48 +0400 |
| commit | 8ae301322197b64f1fd9a06ae2ba8f865d7ecb2b (patch) | |
| tree | bd7f29257f1dec34c733afee9af73c9b8b2359ad /README | |
| parent | f5697e3eaa2e8d940f901f1e01fc92d5fe94e63e (diff) | |
update release docs
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Features: - An application can add rules for converting existing or new opcodes to binary code for a specific target. - - Current targets: SSE, MMX, ARM, Altivec, NEON, and TI C64x+. (ARM - is very limited and c64x only produces source code.) + - Current targets: SSE, MMX, ARM, Altivec, NEON, and TI C64x+. + (The c64x target only produces source code.) - Programs can optionally be emulated, which is useful for testing, or if no rules are available to convert Orc opcodes to executable code. @@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ Questions and Answers: - Q: How big is the Orc library? - A: For embedded users, patches can be applied that disable irrelevant - targets. Compiled with only one target (SSE), the library size is - about 95 kB uncompressed, or 32 kB compressed. The goal is to keep - the uncompressed size under about 100 kB. A typical build with all - targets and the full ABI is around 300 kB. + A: For embedded users, the --enable-backend configure option can + be used to disable irrelvant targets. Compiled with only one target + (SSE), the library size is about 150 kB uncompressed, or 48 kB + compressed. The goal was to keep the uncompressed size under + about 100 kB (but that failed!). A typical build with all targets + and the full ABI is around 350 kB. Caveats (Known Bugs): |