[llvm-commits] [llvm] r65511 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Chris Lattner]

Author: lattner
Date: Thu Feb 26 01:29:17 2009
New Revision: 65511

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=65511&view=rev
Log:
final random and incoherent notes after making it through all the commits.
Next step: making them more coherent.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html?rev=65511&r1=65510&r2=65511&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Thu Feb 26 01:29:17 2009
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   llc -enable-value-prop, propagation of value info (sign/zero ext info) from
        one MBB to another
   debug info for optimized code
-  
+  interpreter + libffi
  -->
 
  <!-- for announcement email:
@@ -226,13 +226,17 @@
 <!--
 Random stuff:
 
+Pure project: http://code.google.com/p/pure-lang/
+
+
 xcore backend!
 fortran on darwin!
 
-.ll parser rewrite.
+.ll parser rewrite, caret diags, better errors, less fragile (less likely to
+   crash on strange things).  No longer depends on flex/bison.
 GCC inliner off, llvm handles always-inline.
 cmake mature?
-x86 backend FS/GS segment address spaces?
+x86 backend GS segment -> addr space 256 (r62980)
 nocapture
 memdep (used by GVN and memcpyopt) is faster / more aggressive.
 how to write a backend doc docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@
   input vectors.
 loop optimizer improves floating point induction variables
 llvm/Analysis/DebugInfo.h classes, llvm-gcc and clang and codegen use them.
+    DebugInfoBuilder gone.
 asmprinters seperate from targets for jits
 PBQP register allocator now supports register coalescing.
 JIT supports exceptions on linux/x86-64.
@@ -255,7 +260,7 @@
 X86 backend now supports -disable-mmx.
 noalias attribute on return value indicates that function returns new memory
   (e.g. malloc).
-postalloc scheduler: anti dependence breaking?
+postalloc scheduler: anti dependence breaking, hazard recognizer?
 llvmc2 renamed to llvmc
 Jump threading more powerful: it is iterative, handles threading based on values
   with fully redundant and partially redundant loads.
@@ -264,7 +269,16 @@
 unit test framework based on Google Test.
 
 vector shift support + X86 backend.
+x86 JIT now detects core i7 and atom, autoconfiguring itself appropriately.
+SROA is more aggressive about promoting unions.
+non-zero __builtin_return_address values on X86.
+x86-64 now uses red zone (unless -mno-red-zone option is specified).
+private linkage.
+
+llvm-gcc defaults to -fno-math-errno on all x86 targets.
 
+initial support for debug line numbers when optimization enabled, not useful in
+  2.5 but will be for 2.6.
 -->
 
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