From 9ade28d26092438d0c6a1d0d5d65b2f3f151236a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 07:44:52 +0000
Subject: Mention how to create overloaded intrinsics.

llvm-svn: 35549
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 llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html b/llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html
index 631a09bd6d6..baad89a6ae2 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html
+++ b/llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ function and then be turned into an instruction if warranted.</p>
 
 <li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/Intrinsics*.td</tt>:
     Add an entry for your intrinsic.  Describe its memory access characteristics
-    for optimization (this controls whether it will be DCE'd, CSE'd, etc).</li>
+    for optimization (this controls whether it will be DCE'd, CSE'd, etc). Note
+    that any intrinsic using the <tt>llvm_int_ty</tt> type for an argument will
+    be deemed by <tt>tblgen</tt> as overloaded and the corresponding suffix 
+    will be required on the intrinsic's name.</li>
 
 <li><tt>llvm/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp</tt>: If it is possible to 
     constant fold your intrinsic, add support to it in the 
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