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Sean Callanan 04cc307edd Table-driven disassembler for the X86 architecture (16-, 32-, and 64-bit
incarnations), integrated into the MC framework.  

The disassembler is table-driven, using a custom TableGen backend to 
generate hierarchical tables optimized for fast decode.  The disassembler 
consumes MemoryObjects and produces arrays of MCInsts, adhering to the 
abstract base class MCDisassembler (llvm/MC/MCDisassembler.h).

The disassembler is documented in detail in

- lib/Target/X86/Disassembler/X86Disassembler.cpp (disassembler runtime)
- utils/TableGen/DisassemblerEmitter.cpp (table emitter)

You can test the disassembler by running llvm-mc -disassemble for i386
or x86_64 targets.  Please let me know if you encounter any problems
with it.

llvm-svn: 91749
2009-12-19 02:59:52 +00:00