add doc for p4c compiler driver #391
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| **p4c** is a compiler driver. The goal is to provide a cnosistent user interface | ||
| across different p4 backends and work flows. The compiler driver is written in | ||
| Python. It can be extended for custom backend. |
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| source_file Files to compile |
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can we actually compile multiple files or just one. AFAIK, one only.
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| There is an global variable `config` in p4c compiler driver that stores the build steps | ||
| for a particular target. By default, the bmv2 and ebpf backends are supported. Each backend | ||
| is identified with a triplet, target-arch-vendor. For example, the default bmv2 backend is | ||
| identified as bmv2-*-p4org. The * is a wildcard to represent any architecture. User may choose |
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might want to quote bmv2-*-p4org
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