[llvm] r214404 - Release Notes: Overriding PPC64 and PPC64LE ABI defaults is not yet supported.
Bill Schmidt
wschmidt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jul 31 08:17:33 PDT 2014
Author: wschmidt
Date: Thu Jul 31 10:17:33 2014
New Revision: 214404
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=214404&view=rev
Log:
Release Notes: Overriding PPC64 and PPC64LE ABI defaults is not yet supported.
I wrongly included a description of a patch that came in after 3.5 branched
and has not been backported.
Thanks,
Bill
Modified:
llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=214404&r1=214403&r2=214404&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Thu Jul 31 10:17:33 2014
@@ -191,9 +191,8 @@ now fully supported. This includes supp
The Power Architecture 64-Bit ELFv2 ABI Specification is now supported, and
is the default ABI for Little Endian. The ELFv1 ABI remains the default ABI
-for Big Endian. Although use of ELFv1 on Little Endian or ELFv2 on Big
-Endian can be selected via command-line option, this is not recommended or
-even advisable.
+for Big Endian. Currently, it is not possible to override these defaults.
+That capability will be available (albeit not recommended) in a future release.
Links to the ELFv2 ABI specification and to the Power ISA Version 2.07
specification may be found `here <https://www-03.ibm.com/technologyconnect/tgcm/TGCMServlet.wss?alias=OpenPOWER&linkid=1n0000>`_ (free registration required).
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