qemu-tech: move text from qemu-tech to tcg/README

Reviewed-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

diff --git a/qemu-tech.texi b/qemu-tech.texi
index 2ab7cd4cc30de50b2ea08039e051b6074bd138cc..082b62c8e0625c8b2c55f9f7da03417d13e1b948 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-tech.texi
+++ b/qemu-tech.texi
@@ -287,16 +287,8 @@ are very complicated and highly CPU dependent. QEMU uses some tricks
 which make it relatively easily portable and simple while achieving good
 performances.
 
-After the release of version 0.9.1, QEMU switched to a new method of
-generating code, Tiny Code Generator or TCG. TCG relaxes the
-dependency on the exact version of the compiler used. The basic idea
-is to split every target instruction into a couple of RISC-like TCG
-ops (see @code{target-i386/translate.c}). Some optimizations can be
-performed at this stage, including liveness analysis and trivial
-constant expression evaluation. TCG ops are then implemented in the
-host CPU back end, also known as TCG target (see
-@code{tcg/i386/tcg-target.inc.c}). For more information, please take a
-look at @code{tcg/README}.
+QEMU's dynamic translation backend is called TCG, for "Tiny Code
+Generator". For more information, please take a look at @code{tcg/README}.
 
 @node Condition code optimisations
 @section Condition code optimisations

diff --git a/tcg/README b/tcg/README
index 1d48aa963f1593c7e3ce8f00de3e31fdf2565a31..ae31388c59e78ffe1a9072ab2d5d6770c6d15e6c 100644 (file)
--- a/tcg/README
+++ b/tcg/README
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ in the QOP code generator written by Paul Brook.
 
 2) Definitions
 
+TCG receives RISC-like "TCG ops" and performs some optimizations on them,
+including liveness analysis and trivial constant expression
+evaluation.  TCG ops are then implemented in the host CPU back end,
+also known as the TCG "target".
+
 The TCG "target" is the architecture for which we generate the
 code. It is of course not the same as the "target" of QEMU which is
 the emulated architecture. As TCG started as a generic C backend used