[llvm-commits] [llvm] r169280 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Justin Holewinski]

Author: jholewinski
Date: Tue Dec  4 10:11:51 2012
New Revision: 169280

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=169280&view=rev
Log:
Update release notes for NVPTX

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=169280&r1=169279&r2=169280&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Tue Dec  4 10:11:51 2012
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@
 
 <ul>
   <li>...</li>
+  <li>New NVPTX back-end (replacing existing PTX back-end) based on NVIDIA
+      sources</li>
 </ul>
 
 </div>
@@ -696,6 +698,27 @@
 
 <!--=========================================================================-->
 <h3>
+<a name="NVPTX">PTX/NVPTX Target Improvements</a>
+</h3>
+
+<div>
+
+<p>The PTX back-end has been replaced by the NVPTX back-end, which is based on
+   the LLVM back-end used by NVIDIA in their CUDA (nvcc) and OpenCL compiler.
+   Some highlights include:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Compatibility with PTX 3.1 and SM 3.5</li>
+  <li>Support for NVVM intrinsics as defined in the NVIDIA Compiler SDK</li>
+  <li>Full compatibility with old PTX back-end, with much greater coverage of
+      LLVM IR</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Please submit any back-end bugs to the LLVM Bugzilla site.</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<h3>
 <a name="OtherTS">Other Target Specific Improvements</a>
 </h3>
 
@@ -805,7 +828,7 @@
   <p>Known problem areas include:</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li>The CellSPU, MSP430, PTX and XCore backends are experimental.</li>
+  <li>The CellSPU, MSP430, 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