From: Misha Brukman Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:04:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * Mention PowerPC as new feature, and experimental feature X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=94118752afba9d3fb9f63fbfad8e56443bda2843;p=oota-llvm.git * Mention PowerPC as new feature, and experimental feature * Wrap long lines to 80 cols git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@15532 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8 --- diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index aa7c73dc558..65ea51c8c57 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ tablegen description of the target (before they were hand coded).
  • All LLVM tools will now respond to the --version option which will tell you the version of LLVM on which the tool is based.
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  • An experimental PowerPC backend has been added, capable of compiling several +SPEC benchmarks.
    • @@ -198,13 +200,15 @@ produced when linking C++ programs has been fixed. Bytecode Reader
  • Global Vars Have (Somewhat) Limited Type Range
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  • operator<< on a Value* now prints the address of the object instead of its contents.
    • +
  • operator<< on a Value* now +prints the address of the object instead of its contents.
  • Bytecode Enhancements - Needed
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  • [loopsimplify] Loop simplify is really slow on 252.eon
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  • [code-cleanup] SymbolTable - class cleanup, Type should not derive from Value, eliminate - ConstantPointerRef class.
    • +Needed +
  • [loopsimplify] Loop simplify is +really slow on 252.eon
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  • [code-cleanup] SymbolTable class +cleanup, Type should not derive from Value, eliminate ConstantPointerRef +class.
  • The memory footprint of the LLVM IR has been reduced substantially.
  • The LLVM linker and many core classes have been sped up substantially.
    • @@ -345,12 +349,10 @@ initialized unsigned bitfields
  • Intel and AMD machines running Red Hat Linux and FreeBSD (and probably other unix-like systems).
  • Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 8.
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  • PowerPC-based Mac OS X boxes, running 10.3 and above (C backend and - interpreter only, no native codegen is available yet).
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  • PowerPC-based Mac OS X boxes, running 10.2 and above.
  • Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries.
    • -

    The core LLVM infrastructure uses GNU autoconf to adapt itself to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor @@ -396,9 +398,11 @@ useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these components, please contact us on the llvmdev list.