[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm-branch] r339355 - [7.0 branch] Update release notes (SystemZ, TableGen)

[Ulrich Weigand via llvm-branch-commits]

Author: uweigand
Date: Thu Aug  9 09:18:00 2018
New Revision: 339355

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=339355&view=rev
Log:
[7.0 branch] Update release notes (SystemZ, TableGen)

This updates the 7.0 branch release notes to mention the SystemZ
specific changes, and also the new support for multi-alternative
patterns in TableGen (see D48545).

Reviewed by: hans
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D50514


Modified:
    llvm/branches/release_70/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

Modified: llvm/branches/release_70/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_70/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=339355&r1=339354&r2=339355&view=diff
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--- llvm/branches/release_70/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/branches/release_70/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Thu Aug  9 09:18:00 2018
@@ -161,6 +161,26 @@ Changes to the PowerPC Target
 
  During this release ...
 
+Changes to the SystemZ Target
+-----------------------------
+
+During this release the SystemZ target has:
+
+* Added support for vector registers in inline asm statements.
+
+* Added support for stackmaps, patchpoints, and the anyregcc
+  calling convention.
+
+* Changed the default function alignment to 16 bytes.
+
+* Improved codegen for condition code handling.
+
+* Improved instruction scheduling and microarchitecture tuning for z13/z14.
+
+* Fixed support for generating GCOV coverage data.
+
+* Fixed some codegen bugs.
+
 Changes to the X86 Target
 -------------------------
 
@@ -198,6 +218,10 @@ Changes to the DAG infrastructure
 
 * The SETCCE opcode has now been removed in favor of SETCCCARRY.
 
+* TableGen now supports multi-alternative pattern fragments via the PatFrags
+  class.  PatFrag is now derived from PatFrags, which may require minor
+  changes to backends that directly access PatFrag members.
+
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