Update 3.7 Release Note mentionning the non-optionality of the DataLayout

[oota-llvm.git] / docs / ReleaseNotes.rst

diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ======================
-LLVM 3.3 Release Notes
+LLVM 3.7 Release Notes
 ======================
 
 .. contents::
     :local:
 
 .. warning::
-   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 3.3 release.  You may
-   prefer the `LLVM 3.2 Release Notes <http://llvm.org/releases/3.2/docs
+   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 3.7 release.  You may
+   prefer the `LLVM 3.6 Release Notes <http://llvm.org/releases/3.6.0/docs
    /ReleaseNotes.html>`_.
 
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Introduction
 ============
 
 This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure,
-release 3.3.  Here we describe the status of LLVM, including major improvements
+release 3.7.  Here we describe the status of LLVM, including major improvements
 from the previous release, improvements in various subprojects of LLVM, and
 some of the current users of the code.  All LLVM releases may be downloaded
 from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
@@ -41,23 +41,17 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
    functionality, or simply have a lot to talk about), see the `NOTE` below
    for adding a new subsection.
 
-* The CellSPU port has been removed.  It can still be found in older versions.
+* The minimum required Visual Studio version for building LLVM is now 2013
+  Update 4.
 
-* The IR-level extended linker APIs (for example, to link bitcode files out of
-  archives) have been removed. Any existing clients of these features should
-  move to using a linker with integrated LTO support.
+* A new documentation page, :doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`, contains a
+  collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR which LLVM is
+  able to effectively optimize.
 
-* LLVM and Clang's documentation has been migrated to the `Sphinx
-  <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ documentation generation system which uses
-  easy-to-write reStructuredText. See `llvm/docs/README.txt` for more
-  information.
-
-* 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 DataLayout is no longer optional. All the IR level optimizations expects
+  it to be present and the API has been changed to use a reference instead of
+  a pointer to make it explicit. The Module owns the datalayout and it has to
+  match the one attached to the TargetMachine for generating code.
 
 * ... next change ...
 
@@ -71,22 +65,38 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
 
    Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing.
 
-Loop Vectorizer
----------------
+Changes to the ARM Backend
+--------------------------
+
+ During this release ...
+
+
+Changes to the MIPS Target
+--------------------------
+
+ During this release ...
+
+
+Changes to the PowerPC Target
+-----------------------------
+
+ During this release ...
+
+
+Changes to the OCaml bindings
+-----------------------------
+
+ During this release ...
+
 
-We've continued the work on the loop vectorizer. The loop vectorizer now
-has the following features:
+External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 3.7
+============================================
 
-- 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
+An exciting aspect of LLVM is that it is used as an enabling technology for
+a lot of other language and tools projects. This section lists some of the
+projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.7.
 
+* A project
 
 
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