[llvm] r370233 - [X86][ReleaseNotes] Add a note about the switch to widening legalization for narrow vectors.
Craig Topper via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Aug 28 10:18:56 PDT 2019
Author: ctopper
Date: Wed Aug 28 10:18:56 2019
New Revision: 370233
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=370233&view=rev
Log:
[X86][ReleaseNotes] Add a note about the switch to widening legalization for narrow vectors.
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=370233&r1=370232&r2=370233&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Wed Aug 28 10:18:56 2019
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ Changes to the X86 Target
During this release ...
+* Less than 128 bit vector types, v2i32, v4i16, v2i16, v8i8, v4i8, and v2i8, are
+ now stored in the lower bits of an xmm register and the upper bits are
+ undefined. Previously the elements were spread apart with undefined bits in
+ between them.
+
Changes to the AMDGPU Target
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