X-Git-Url: http://plrg.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FReleaseNotes.rst;h=2142162ce58a43468aa3f4b2375e758a28788a33;hb=143d46476cdcf5b88b9ee18ebd799e5820a2db0e;hp=beb20149114499e47e6844328543b79e11845c94;hpb=2119cf08802fdbbb78c2c527cb460c43fd121636;p=oota-llvm.git diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index beb20149114..2142162ce58 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -52,27 +52,17 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release easy-to-write reStructuredText. See `llvm/docs/README.txt` for more information. - Loop Vectorizer - --------------- - We've continued the work on the loop vectorizer. The loop vectorizer now has the following features: - # Loops with unknown trip count. - # Runtime checks of pointers - # Reductions, Inductions - # If Conversion - # Pointer induction variables - # Reverse iterators - # Vectorization of mixed types - # Vectorization of function calls - # Partial unrolling during vectorization - - We've also improved the X86 and ARM cost model. - - TargetTransformInfo - ------------------- - TargetTransformInto (TTI) is a new interface that can be used by IR-level passes - to obtain target-specific information, such as the costs of instructions. Only "Lowering" - passes such as LSR and the vectorizer are allowed to use the TTI infrastructure. +* TargetTransformInfo (TTI) is a new interface that can be used by IR-level + passes to obtain target-specific information, such as the costs of + instructions. Only "Lowering" passes such as LSR and the vectorizer are + allowed to use the TTI infrastructure. +* We've improved the X86 and ARM cost model. + +* The Attributes classes have been completely rewritten and expanded. They now + support not only enumerated attributes and alignments, but "string" + attributes, which are useful for passing information to code generation. See + `How To Use Attributes `_ for more details. * ... next change ... @@ -86,6 +76,46 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing. +AArch64 target +-------------- + +We've added support for AArch64, ARM's 64-bit architecture. Development is still +in fairly early stages, but we expect successful compilation when: + +- compiling standard compliant C99 and C++03 with Clang; +- using Linux as a target platform; +- where code + static data doesn't exceed 4GB in size (heap allocated data has + no limitation). + +Some additional functionality is also implemented, notably DWARF debugging, +GNU-style thread local storage and inline assembly. + +Loop Vectorizer +--------------- + +We've continued the work on the loop vectorizer. The loop vectorizer now +has the following features: + +- Loops with unknown trip count. +- Runtime checks of pointers +- Reductions, Inductions +- If Conversion +- Pointer induction variables +- Reverse iterators +- Vectorization of mixed types +- Vectorization of function calls +- Partial unrolling during vectorization + +R600 Backend +------------ + +The R600 backend was added in this release, it supports AMD GPUs +(HD2XXX - HD7XXX). This backend is used in AMD's Open Source +graphics / compute drivers which are developed as part of the `Mesa3D +`_ project. + + + Additional Information ======================