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| author | Benjamin Kramer <benny.kra@googlemail.com> | 2012-05-13 11:28:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Kramer <benny.kra@googlemail.com> | 2012-05-13 11:28:46 +0000 |
| commit | 121e760b2a1b599fb3cd783aec5f2ceb71df2901 (patch) | |
| tree | 778fa1b5a08ac3e5c7cb5e0288bdf2e3362968a5 /llvm | |
| parent | a10adf5fdba4c23f87e9cbb1f59e5f2b54df816b (diff) | |
| download | bcm5719-llvm-121e760b2a1b599fb3cd783aec5f2ceb71df2901.tar.gz bcm5719-llvm-121e760b2a1b599fb3cd783aec5f2ceb71df2901.zip | |
ReleaseNotes: Add bullets for removed targets. Extend the note about llvm-ld removal.
llvm-svn: 156737
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| -rw-r--r-- | llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html | 23 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 95d005a7f85..9d140e568b0 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ syntax, there are still significant gaps in that support.</p> from the previous release.</p> <ul> + <li>The C backend has been removed. It had numerous problems, to the point of + not being able to compile any nontrivial program.</li> + <li>The Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ targets have been removed due to lack of + maintenance.</li> <li>LLVM 3.1 removes support for reading LLVM 2.9 bitcode files. Going forward, we aim for all future versions of LLVM to read bitcode files and <tt>.ll</tt> files produced by LLVM 3.0 and later.</li> @@ -735,13 +739,11 @@ syntax, there are still significant gaps in that support.</p> <ul> - <li>llvm-stress is a command line tool for generating random .ll files to fuzz - different LLVM components. </li> - <li>llvm-ld has been removed. Use llvm-link or Clang instead.</li> - <li>....</li> -</ul> - -<ul> + <li><tt>llvm-stress</tt> is a command line tool for generating random + <tt>.ll</tt> files to fuzz different LLVM components. </li> + <li>The <tt>llvm-ld</tt> tool has been removed. The clang driver provides a + more reliable solution for turning a set of bitcode files into a binary. + To merge bitcode files <tt>llvm-link</tt> can be used instead.</li> <li>....</li> </ul> @@ -793,18 +795,13 @@ bindings, please express your intent on IRC or the developers list.</p> <p>Known problem areas include:</p> <ul> - <li>The Alpha, Blackfin, CellSPU, MSP430, PTX, SystemZ and - XCore backends are experimental, and the Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ - targets have already been removed from mainline.</li> + <li>The CellSPU, MSP430, PTX 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 system assembler is required. For more details, see the <a href="CodeGenerator.html#targetfeatures">Target Features Matrix</a>. </li> - - <li>The C backend has numerous problems and is not being actively maintained. - Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</li> </ul> </div> |

