[webkit-dev] Some text about the B3 compiler

[Filip Pizlo]

I guess we could put it in Websites/webkit.org/b3 <http://webkit.org/b3>.  Then patches could edit both B3 and the documentation in one go, and the documentation would go live when it’s committed.

Does anyone object to this?

-Filip


> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Saam barati <sbarati at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah. That’d be the easiest way to keep it up IMO.
> 
> Saam
> 
>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:37 PM, Filip Pizło <fpizlo at apple.com <mailto:fpizlo at apple.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> +1
>> 
>> Do you think we should move the documentation to a file in svn so that it can be reviewed as part of patch review?
>> 
>> -Filip
>> 
>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Saam barati <sbarati at apple.com <mailto:sbarati at apple.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This is great. Thanks Fil.
>>> 
>>> I propose that we do all that we can to keep this updated.
>>> I suggest that all patches that change to the IR should also include with it 
>>> a change to the documentation, and that reviewers should require this.
>>> 
>>> It’d also be great if other significant changes that seem like the deserve
>>> a mention in the documentation also get added as part of patches.
>>> 
>>> Saam
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com <mailto:fpizlo at apple.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> We’ve been working on a new compiler backend for the FTL JIT, which we call B3.  It stands for “Bare Bones Backend”.  We recently enabled it on X86/Mac, and we’re working hard to enable it on other platforms.
>>>> 
>>>> If you’re interested in how it works, I’ve started writing documentation.  I’ll be adding more to it soon!
>>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BareBonesBackend>
>>>> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation <https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/B3IntermediateRepresentation>
>>>> 
>>>> -Filip
>>>> 
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