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authorBob Wilson <bob.wilson@apple.com>2009-08-12 21:19:49 +0000
committerBob Wilson <bob.wilson@apple.com>2009-08-12 21:19:49 +0000
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Add some release notes about ARM v7 support and known problems.
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@@ -395,6 +395,27 @@ it run faster:</p>
</div>
+<!--=========================================================================-->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+<a name="ARM">ARM Target Improvements</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>New features of the ARM target include:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Preliminary support for processors, such as the Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9,
+that implement version 7 of the ARM architecture. The ARM backend now
+supports both the Thumb2 and Advanced SIMD (Neon) instruction sets.
+These features are still somewhat experimental and subject to change.
+The Neon intrinsics, in particular, may change in future releases of LLVM.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+</div>
+
<!--=========================================================================-->
<div class="doc_subsection">
@@ -638,6 +659,9 @@ compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li>
<div class="doc_text">
<ul>
+<li>Support for the Advanced SIMD (Neon) instruction set is still incomplete
+and not well tested. Some features may not work at all, and the code quality
+may be poor in some cases.</li>
<li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6
processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong
results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li>