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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index f669a1f..5b18b96 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -155,6 +155,44 @@ is restricted to GNU/Linux (GNU triplet s390x-linux-gnu) and requires z10 or greater. +Sub-project Status Update +============================================ + +In addition to the core LLVM 3.3 distribution of production-quality compiler +infrastructure, the LLVM project includes sub-projects that use the LLVM core +and share the same distribution license. This section provides updates on +these sub-projects. + + +LLDB: Low Level Debugger +------------------------ + +`LLDB <http://lldb.llvm.org/>`_ is a ground-up implementation of a command-line +debugger, as well as a debugger API that can be used from scripts and other +applications. LLDB uses the following components of the LLVM core distribution +to support the latest language features and target support: + +- the Clang parser for high-quality parsing of C, C++ and Objective C +- the LLVM disassembler +- the LLVM JIT compiler (MCJIT) for expression evaluation + +The `3.3 release <http://llvm.org/apt/>`_ has the following notable changes. + +Linux Features: + +- Support for watchpoints +- vim integration for lldb commands and program status using a `vim plug-in <http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/lldb/trunk/utils/vim-lldb/README>`_ +- Improved register support including vector registers +- Builds with cmake/ninja/auto-tools/clang 3.3/gcc 4.6 + +Linux Improvements: + +- Debugging multi-threaded programs +- Debugging i386 programs +- Process list, attach and fork +- Expression evaluation + + External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 3.3 ============================================ |