+ /**
+ * Get the code generator interface.
+ * @param self The this pointer.
+ * @return Some code generator interface.
+ */
+ const arch_code_generator_if_t *(*get_code_generator_if)(void *self);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the list scheduler to use. There is already a selector given, the
+ * backend is free to modify and/or ignore it.
+ *
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ * @param selector The selector given by options.
+ * @return The list scheduler selector.
+ */
+ const list_sched_selector_t *(*get_list_sched_selector)(const void *self, list_sched_selector_t *selector);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the ILP scheduler to use.
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ * @return The ILP scheduler selector
+ */
+ const ilp_sched_selector_t *(*get_ilp_sched_selector)(const void *self);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the necessary alignment for storing a register of given class.
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ * @param cls The register class.
+ * @return The alignment in bytes.
+ */
+ int (*get_reg_class_alignment)(const void *self, const arch_register_class_t *cls);
+
+ /**
+ * A "static" function, returns the frontend settings
+ * needed for this backend.
+ */
+ const backend_params *(*get_params)(void);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an 2-dim array of execution units, @p irn can be executed on.
+ * The first dimension is the type, the second the allowed units of this
+ * type.
+ * Each dimension is a NULL terminated list.
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return An array of allowed execution units.
+ * exec_unit = {
+ * { unit1_of_tp1, ..., unitX1_of_tp1, NULL },
+ * ...,
+ * { unit1_of_tpY, ..., unitXn_of_tpY, NULL },
+ * NULL
+ * };
+ */
+ const be_execution_unit_t ***(*get_allowed_execution_units)(const void *self, const ir_node *irn);
+
+ /**
+ * Return the abstract machine for this isa.
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ */
+ const be_machine_t *(*get_machine)(const void *self);
+
+ /**
+ * Return an ordered list of irgs where code should be generated for.
+ * If NULL is returned, all irg will be taken into account and they will be
+ * generated in an arbitrary order.
+ * @param self The isa object.
+ * @param irgs A flexible array ARR_F of length 0 where the backend can append the desired irgs.
+ * @return A flexible array ARR_F containing all desired irgs in the desired order.
+ */
+ ir_graph **(*get_backend_irg_list)(const void *self, ir_graph ***irgs);
+
+ /**
+ * parse an assembler constraint part and set flags according to its nature
+ * advances the *c pointer to point to the last parsed character (so if you
+ * parse a single character don't advance c)
+ */
+ asm_constraint_flags_t (*parse_asm_constraint)(const void *self, const char **c);
+
+ /**
+ * returns true if the string is a valid clobbered (register) in this
+ * backend
+ */
+ int (*is_valid_clobber)(const void *self, const char *clobber);