[llvm-commits] [llvm] r156737 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
Benjamin Kramer
benny.kra at googlemail.com
Sun May 13 04:28:47 PDT 2012
Author: d0k
Date: Sun May 13 06:28:46 2012
New Revision: 156737
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=156737&view=rev
Log:
ReleaseNotes: Add bullets for removed targets. Extend the note about llvm-ld removal.
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=156737&r1=156736&r2=156737&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Sun May 13 06:28:46 2012
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@
from the previous release.</p>
<ul>
+ <li>The C backend has been removed. It had numerous problems, to the point of
+ not being able to compile any nontrivial program.</li>
+ <li>The Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ targets have been removed due to lack of
+ maintenance.</li>
<li>LLVM 3.1 removes support for reading LLVM 2.9 bitcode files. Going
forward, we aim for all future versions of LLVM to read bitcode files and
<tt>.ll</tt> files produced by LLVM 3.0 and later.</li>
@@ -735,13 +739,11 @@
<ul>
- <li>llvm-stress is a command line tool for generating random .ll files to fuzz
- different LLVM components. </li>
- <li>llvm-ld has been removed. Use llvm-link or Clang instead.</li>
- <li>....</li>
-</ul>
-
-<ul>
+ <li><tt>llvm-stress</tt> is a command line tool for generating random
+ <tt>.ll</tt> files to fuzz different LLVM components. </li>
+ <li>The <tt>llvm-ld</tt> tool has been removed. The clang driver provides a
+ more reliable solution for turning a set of bitcode files into a binary.
+ To merge bitcode files <tt>llvm-link</tt> can be used instead.</li>
<li>....</li>
</ul>
@@ -793,18 +795,13 @@
<p>Known problem areas include:</p>
<ul>
- <li>The Alpha, Blackfin, CellSPU, MSP430, PTX, SystemZ and
- XCore backends are experimental, and the Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ
- targets have already been removed from mainline.</li>
+ <li>The CellSPU, MSP430, PTX and XCore backends are experimental.</li>
<li>The integrated assembler, disassembler, and JIT is not supported by
several targets. If an integrated assembler is not supported, then a
system assembler is required. For more details, see the <a
href="CodeGenerator.html#targetfeatures">Target Features Matrix</a>.
</li>
-
- <li>The C backend has numerous problems and is not being actively maintained.
- Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</li>
</ul>
</div>
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