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author | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2011-11-10 20:15:40 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2011-11-10 20:15:40 +0000 |
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random notes, llvm-gcc is gone, fix a few broken tags.
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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index c310800..f62466c 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Release Notes</a>.</h1> <p>The LLVM 3.0 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and - supporting tools), the Clang repository and the llvm-gcc repository. In + supporting tools), and the Clang repository. In addition to this code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in development. Here we include updates on these subprojects.</p> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ be used to verify some algorithms. a single core of a CPU with an 8-wide SIMD unit compared to serial code, while still providing a clean and easy-to-understand programming model. For an introduction to the language and its performance, - see <a href="http://ispc.github.com/example.html">the walkthrough of a short + see <a href="http://ispc.github.com/example.html">the walkthrough</a> of a short example program. ispc is licensed under the BSD license.</p> </div> @@ -639,89 +639,6 @@ be used to verify some algorithms. ZooLib all support.</p> </div> - -<!--=========================================================================--> -<!-- -<h3>PinaVM</h3> - -<div> -<p><a href="http://gitorious.org/pinavm/pages/Home">PinaVM</a> is an open -source, <a href="http://www.systemc.org/">SystemC</a> front-end. Unlike many -other front-ends, PinaVM actually executes the elaboration of the -program analyzed using LLVM's JIT infrastructure. It later enriches the -bitcode with SystemC-specific information.</p> -</div> ---> - - -<!--=========================================================================--> -<!-- -<h3 id="icedtea">IcedTea Java Virtual Machine Implementation</h3> - -<div> -<p> -<a href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page">IcedTea</a> provides a -harness to build OpenJDK using only free software build tools and to provide -replacements for the not-yet free parts of OpenJDK. One of the extensions that -IcedTea provides is a new JIT compiler named <a -href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/ZeroSharkFaq">Shark</a> which uses LLVM -to provide native code generation without introducing processor-dependent -code. -</p> - -<p> OpenJDK 7 b112, IcedTea6 1.9 and IcedTea7 1.13 and later have been tested -and are known to work with LLVM 3.0 (and continue to work with older LLVM -releases >= 2.6 as well).</p> -</div> ---> - -<!--=========================================================================--> -<!-- -<h3>Polly - Polyhedral optimizations for LLVM</h3> - -<div> -<p>Polly is a project that aims to provide advanced memory access optimizations -to better take advantage of SIMD units, cache hierarchies, multiple cores or -even vector accelerators for LLVM. Built around an abstract mathematical -description based on Z-polyhedra, it provides the infrastructure to develop -advanced optimizations in LLVM and to connect complex external optimizers. In -its first year of existence Polly already provides an exact value-based -dependency analysis as well as basic SIMD and OpenMP code generation support. -Furthermore, Polly can use PoCC(Pluto) an advanced optimizer for data-locality -and parallelism.</p> -</div> ---> - -<!--=========================================================================--> -<!-- -<h3>Rubinius</h3> - -<div> - <p><a href="http://github.com/evanphx/rubinius">Rubinius</a> is an environment - for running Ruby code which strives to write as much of the implementation in - Ruby as possible. Combined with a bytecode interpreting VM, it uses LLVM to - optimize and compile ruby code down to machine code. Techniques such as type - feedback, method inlining, and deoptimization are all used to remove dynamism - from ruby execution and increase performance.</p> -</div> ---> - -<!--=========================================================================--> -<!-- -<h3> -<a name="FAUST">FAUST Real-Time Audio Signal Processing Language</a> -</h3> - -<div> -<p> -<a href="http://faust.grame.fr">FAUST</a> is a compiled language for real-time -audio signal processing. The name FAUST stands for Functional AUdio STream. Its -programming model combines two approaches: functional programming and block -diagram composition. In addition with the C, C++, JAVA output formats, the -Faust compiler can now generate LLVM bitcode, and works with LLVM 2.7-3.0.</p> - -</div> ---> </div> @@ -744,8 +661,10 @@ Faust compiler can now generate LLVM bitcode, and works with LLVM 2.7-3.0.</p> <div> -<p>LLVM 3.0 includes several major new capabilities:</p> +<p><b>llvm-gcc is gone</b></p> +<p>LLVM 3.0 includes several major new capabilities:</p> + <ul> <!-- @@ -1007,11 +926,11 @@ Builder.CreateResume(UnwindData); <a name="OtherTS">Other Target Specific Improvements</a> </h3> -<p>PPC32/ELF va_arg was implemented.</p> -<p>PPC32 initial support for .o file writing was implemented.</p> - <div> + <p>PPC32/ELF va_arg was implemented.</p> + <p>PPC32 initial support for .o file writing was implemented.</p> + <ul> <!-- <li></li> @@ -1231,10 +1150,6 @@ Builder.CreateResume(UnwindData); <li>Windows x64 (aka Win64) code generator has a few issues. <ul> - <li>llvm-gcc cannot build the mingw-w64 runtime currently due to lack of - support for the 'u' inline assembly constraint and for X87 floating - point inline assembly.</li> - <li>On mingw-w64, you will see unresolved symbol <tt>__chkstk</tt> due to <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=8919">Bug 8919</a>. It is fixed @@ -1347,36 +1262,6 @@ Builder.CreateResume(UnwindData); </div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<h3> - <a name="llvm-gcc">Known problems with the llvm-gcc front-end</a> -</h3> - -<div> - -<p><b>LLVM 2.9 was the last release of llvm-gcc.</b></p> - -<p>llvm-gcc is generally very stable for the C family of languages. The only - major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is the - <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> family of builtins. However, some extensions - are only supported on some targets. For example, trampolines are only - supported on some targets (these are used when you take the address of a - nested function).</p> - -<p>Fortran support generally works, but there are still several unresolved bugs - in <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">Bugzilla</a>. Please see the - tools/gfortran component for details. Note that llvm-gcc is missing major - Fortran performance work in the frontend and library that went into GCC after - 4.2. If you are interested in Fortran, we recommend that you consider using - <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> - -<p>The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler has basic functionality, but is no longer being - actively maintained. If you are interested in Ada, we recommend that you - consider using <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> - -</div> - </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |