Thanks Ian. I will do it accordingly. Thanks, Nagaraju On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > naga raj <gnuuser.raj@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I am working on a soft-processor which has barrel-shifter as >> optional i.e if barrel-shifter hardware is included then my compiler >> can generate shift instructions with immediate operand if >> barrel-shifter is not included than it can shift only one bit. >> >> Ex: If I want to shift a register right for 24 times >> >> case 1: If barrel-shifter is present then it generates as below >> SHL r0,r0,#24 >> >> case 2: Without barrel-shifter >> >> SHL r0,r0,#1 >> SHL r0,r0,#1 >> SHL r0,r0,#1 >> ----- >> ----- >> SHL r0,r0,#1 >> >> Compiler will generate SHL instruction for 24 times. >> >> >> Is there any chance to optimize generated code when barrel-shifter >> is not used because as the immediate operand number increases it is >> genereating that huge code. > > Use a predicate for your define_expand saying that ashiftMODE3 is not > available when the barrel-shifter is not available. That should cause > gcc to generate a call to the libgcc function. > > Ian
