[llvm-commits] [llvm] r57517 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Chris Lattner]

On Oct 14, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Nicolas Geoffray wrote:

> Author: geoffray
> Date: Tue Oct 14 14:23:04 2008
> New Revision: 57517
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> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=57517&view=rev
> Log:
> Add VMKit notes.

Thanks Nicolas!

One minor change, please don't cite the person who did the change,  
just say 'this release includes'.  For better or worse, we don't thank  
individual people in the release notes.

-Chris
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> supporting tools) and the llvm-gcc repository.  In addition to this  
> code, the
> LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in development.   
> The two which
> are the most actively developed are the <a href="#clang">Clang  
> Project</a> and
> -the <a href="#vmkit">vmkit Project</a>.
> +the <a href="#vmkit">VMKit Project</a>.
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> <div class="doc_subsection">
> -<a name="vmkit">vmkit: JVM/CLI Virtual Machine Implementation</a>
> +<a name="vmkit">VMKit: JVM/CLI Virtual Machine Implementation</a>
> </div>
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> <div class="doc_text">
> <p>
> -The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">vmkit project</a> is an  
> implementation of
> +The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an  
> implementation of
> a JVM and a CLI Virtual Machines (Microsoft .NET is an
> implementation of the CLI) using the Just-In-Time compiler of LLVM.</ 
> p>
>
> -<p>[NICOLAS]</p>
> +<p>Following LLVM 2.4, VMKit has its first release 0.24 that you  
> can find on
> +the <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">release page</a>. The  
> release includes
> +bug fixes, cleanup and new features. The major changes include:</p>
>
> +<ul>
> +
> +<li><p>Support for generics in the .Net virtual machine. This was  
> implemented
> +by Tilmann Scheller during his Google Summer of Code project.</li></ 
> p>
> +<li><p>Initial support for the Mono class libraries.</p></li>
> +<li><p>Support for MacOSX/x86, following LLVM's support for  
> exceptions in
> +JIT on MacOSX/x86.
> +<li><p>A new vmkit driver: a program to run java or .net  
> applications. The
> +driver supports llvm command line arguments including the new "- 
> fast" option.
> +</p></li>
> +<li><p>A new memory allocation scheme in the JVM that makes  
> unloading a
> +class loader very fast.</p></li>
> +<li><p>VMKit now follows the LLVM Makefile machinery.</p></li>
> +
> +
> +</ul>
> </div>
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