Method for compiling a software program and executing on a syste

Details Method for compiling a software program and executing on a syste Method for compiling a software program and executing on a syste

1996-05-23

1998-10-27

Voeltz, Emanuel Todd

395710, 395898, 395380, 395376, 395307, 395500, G06F 700, G06F 930

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058288848

ABSTRACT:
A method for compiling a software program and executing the program on a data processing system which performs conversion between data formatted in differing endian formats, namely big-endian and little-endian formats, also known as byte swapping. The data processing system comprises a data storage device, such as system memory, a processor, and a byte swapping device coupled between the data storage device and the processor. Data conversion apertures, or ranges, are defined in the processor address space and the processor provides address signals to the byte swapping device. The byte swapping device selectively byte swaps data transferred between the processor and storage device based upon the relationship between the addresses received by the byte swapping device and the data conversion apertures. A compiler generates object offsets to data elements in a source code module, then adds a format base to the object offset to calculate a data aperture offset for each data element, which is then stored in an object code module. The format bases for the data elements are chosen according to the data type of the data element. A base memory address is bound to each data element at runtime, load-time or compile time. The base memory address for each data element is added to the data aperture offset for the data element to calculate a data aperture address for the data element. As the processor executes the program and performs a transfer of a data element between the processor and data storage device, the processor provides the data aperture address of the data element to the byte swapping device. The byte swapping device selectively byte swaps the data element during the transfer according to a relationship between the data aperture address and the data conversion apertures. The compiler generates data conversion aperture values and the processor programs the data conversion aperture values into aperture storage elements in the byte swapping device when loading the program into system memory for execution. The data conversion apertures are chosen based upon the set of data types comprised by the data elements, namely data types which require byte swapping and data types which do not.

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