[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm] 9e41dc7 - [docs] Mention that the legacy PM is deprecated and will be removed after 14

[Arthur Eubanks via llvm-branch-commits]

Author: Arthur Eubanks
Date: 2021-09-01T23:33:00-07:00
New Revision: 9e41dc71b8d4040fa5f0742022d6cf9852096744

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9e41dc71b8d4040fa5f0742022d6cf9852096744
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9e41dc71b8d4040fa5f0742022d6cf9852096744.diff

LOG: [docs] Mention that the legacy PM is deprecated and will be removed after 14

Per https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2021-August/152305.html.

Reviewed By: MaskRay, fhahn

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D109080

(cherry picked from commit 2413d6063b788c3abc69072d48afa0b2a6e3583c)

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    llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

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diff  --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Changes to the LLVM IR
 * The opaque pointer type ``ptr`` has been introduced. It is still in the
   process of being worked on and should not be used yet.
 
+* Using the legacy pass manager for the optimization pipeline is deprecated and
+  will be removed after LLVM 14. In the meantime, only minimal effort will be
+  made to maintain the legacy pass manager for the optimization pipeline.
+
 Changes to building LLVM
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