[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm-branch] r245102 - ReleaseNotes: System/Z changes. By Ulrich Weigand

[Hans Wennborg via llvm-branch-commits]

Author: hans
Date: Fri Aug 14 16:52:59 2015
New Revision: 245102

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=245102&view=rev
Log:
ReleaseNotes: System/Z changes. By Ulrich Weigand

Modified:
    llvm/branches/release_37/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

Modified: llvm/branches/release_37/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_37/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=245102&r1=245101&r2=245102&view=diff
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--- llvm/branches/release_37/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/branches/release_37/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Fri Aug 14 16:52:59 2015
@@ -205,6 +205,23 @@ There are numerous improvements to the P
 
 * Many bugs have been identified and fixed.
 
+Changes to the System/Z Target
+------------------------------
+
+* LLVM no longer attempts to automatically detect the current host CPU when
+  invoked natively.
+
+* Support for all thread-local storage models. (Previous releases would support
+  only the local-exec TLS model.)
+
+* The POPCNT instruction is now used on z196 and above.
+
+* The RISBGN instruction is now used on zEC12 and above.
+
+* Support for the transactional-execution facility on zEC12 and above.
+
+* Support for the z13 processor and its vector facility.
+
 
 Changes to the OCaml bindings
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