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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 03217ad978..146df7fbce 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ Release Notes</a>.</h1> <div> <p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler -Infrastructure, release 3.0. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including -major improvements from the previous release and significant known problems. -All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the <a -href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p> + Infrastructure, release 3.0. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including + major improvements from the previous release and significant known problems. + All LLVM releases may be downloaded from + the <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p> <p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest -release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM -web site</a>. If you have questions or comments, the <a -href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM Developer's -Mailing List</a> is a good place to send them.</p> + release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM web + site</a>. If you have questions or comments, + the <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM + Developer's Mailing List</a> is a good place to send them.</p> -<p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the -main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the -current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the -<a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p> +<p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the main + LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the + current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the + <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p> </div> @@ -78,13 +78,12 @@ current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div> -<p> -The LLVM 3.0 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM -repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators -and supporting tools), the Clang repository and the llvm-gcc repository. In -addition to this code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in -development. Here we include updates on these subprojects. -</p> + +<p>The LLVM 3.0 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM + repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and + supporting tools), the Clang repository and the llvm-gcc repository. In + addition to this code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are + in development. Here we include updates on these subprojects.</p> <!--=========================================================================--> <h3> @@ -94,35 +93,47 @@ development. Here we include updates on these subprojects. <div> <p><a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">Clang</a> is an LLVM front end for the C, -C++, and Objective-C languages. Clang aims to provide a better user experience -through expressive diagnostics, a high level of conformance to language -standards, fast compilation, and low memory use. Like LLVM, Clang provides a -modular, library-based architecture that makes it suitable for creating or -integrating with other development tools. Clang is considered a -production-quality compiler for C, Objective-C, C++ and Objective-C++ on x86 -(32- and 64-bit), and for darwin/arm targets.</p> + C++, and Objective-C languages. Clang aims to provide a better user + experience through expressive diagnostics, a high level of conformance to + language standards, fast compilation, and low memory use. Like LLVM, Clang + provides a modular, library-based architecture that makes it suitable for + creating or integrating with other development tools. Clang is considered a + production-quality compiler for C, Objective-C, C++ and Objective-C++ on x86 + (32- and 64-bit), and for darwin/arm targets.</p> <p>In the LLVM 3.0 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p> <ul> - <li>Greatly improved support for building C++ applications, with greater stability and better diagnostics.</li> + <li>Greatly improved support for building C++ applications, with greater + stability and better diagnostics.</li> - <li><a href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">Improved support</a> for the <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50372 ">C++ 2011</a> standard, including implementations of non-static data member initializers, alias templates, delegating constructors, the range-based for loop, and implicitly-generated move constructors and move assignment operators, among others.</li> - - <li>Implemented support for some features of the upcoming C1x standard, including static assertions and generic selections.</li> + <li><a href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">Improved support</a> for + the <a href="http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50372">C++ + 2011</a> standard, including implementations of non-static data member + initializers, alias templates, delegating constructors, the range-based + for loop, and implicitly-generated move constructors and move assignment + operators, among others.</li> + + <li>Implemented support for some features of the upcoming C1x standard, + including static assertions and generic selections.</li> - <li>Better detection of include and linking paths for system headers and libraries, especially for Linux distributions.</li> + <li>Better detection of include and linking paths for system headers and + libraries, especially for Linux distributions.</li> - <li>Implemented support for <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html">Automatic Reference Counting</a> for Objective-C.</li> + <li>Implemented support + for <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/docs/AutomaticReferenceCounting.html">Automatic + Reference Counting</a> for Objective-C.</li> - <li>Implemented a number of optimizations in <tt>libclang</tt>, the Clang C interface, to improve the performance of code completion and the mapping from source locations to abstract syntax tree nodes.</li> + <li>Implemented a number of optimizations in <tt>libclang</tt>, the Clang C + interface, to improve the performance of code completion and the mapping + from source locations to abstract syntax tree nodes.</li> </ul> <p>If Clang rejects your code but another compiler accepts it, please take a -look at the <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/compatibility.html">language -compatibility</a> guide to make sure this is not intentional or a known issue. -</p> + look at the <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/compatibility.html">language + compatibility</a> guide to make sure this is not intentional or a known + issue.</p> </div> @@ -132,20 +143,17 @@ compatibility</a> guide to make sure this is not intentional or a known issue. </h3> <div> -<p> -<a href="http://dragonegg.llvm.org/">DragonEgg</a> is a -<a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/plugins">gcc plugin</a> that replaces GCC's -optimizers and code generators with LLVM's. -Currently it requires a patched version of gcc-4.5. -The plugin can target the x86-32 and x86-64 processor families and has been -used successfully on the Darwin, FreeBSD and Linux platforms. -The Ada, C, C++ and Fortran languages work well. -The plugin is capable of compiling plenty of Obj-C, Obj-C++ and Java but it is -not known whether the compiled code actually works or not! -</p> +<p><a href="http://dragonegg.llvm.org/">DragonEgg</a> is a + <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/plugins">gcc plugin</a> that replaces GCC's + optimizers and code generators with LLVM's. Currently it requires a patched + version of gcc-4.5. The plugin can target the x86-32 and x86-64 processor + families and has been used successfully on the Darwin, FreeBSD and Linux + platforms. The Ada, C, C++ and Fortran languages work well. The plugin is + capable of compiling plenty of Obj-C, Obj-C++ and Java but it is not known + whether the compiled code actually works or not!</p> + +<p>The 3.0 release has the following notable changes:</p> -<p> -The 3.0 release has the following notable changes: <ul> <!-- <li></li> @@ -160,15 +168,15 @@ The 3.0 release has the following notable changes: </h3> <div> -<p> -The new LLVM <a href="http://compiler-rt.llvm.org/">compiler-rt project</a> -is a simple library that provides an implementation of the low-level -target-specific hooks required by code generation and other runtime components. -For example, when compiling for a 32-bit target, converting a double to a 64-bit -unsigned integer is compiled into a runtime call to the "__fixunsdfdi" -function. The compiler-rt library provides highly optimized implementations of -this and other low-level routines (some are 3x faster than the equivalent -libgcc routines).</p> + +<p>The new LLVM <a href="http://compiler-rt.llvm.org/">compiler-rt project</a> + is a simple library that provides an implementation of the low-level + target-specific hooks required by code generation and other runtime + components. For example, when compiling for a 32-bit target, converting a + double to a 64-bit unsigned integer is compiled into a runtime call to the + "__fixunsdfdi" function. The compiler-rt library provides highly optimized + implementations of this and other low-level routines (some are 3x faster than + the equivalent libgcc routines).</p> <p>In the LLVM 3.0 timeframe,</p> @@ -180,19 +188,12 @@ libgcc routines).</p> </h3> <div> -<p> -<a href="http://lldb.llvm.org/">LLDB</a> is a brand new member of the LLVM -umbrella of projects. LLDB is a next generation, high-performance debugger. It -is built as a set of reusable components which highly leverage existing -libraries in the larger LLVM Project, such as the Clang expression parser, the -LLVM disassembler and the LLVM JIT.</p> -<p> -LLDB is has advanced by leaps and bounds in the 3.0 timeframe. It is -dramatically more stable and useful, and includes both a new <a -href="http://lldb.llvm.org/tutorial.html">tutorial</a> and a <a -href="http://lldb.llvm.org/lldb-gdb.html">side-by-side comparison with -GDB</a>.</p> +<p>LLDB has advanced by leaps and bounds in the 3.0 timeframe. It is + dramatically more stable and useful, and includes both a + new <a href="http://lldb.llvm.org/tutorial.html">tutorial</a> and + a <a href="http://lldb.llvm.org/lldb-gdb.html">side-by-side comparison with + GDB</a>.</p> </div> @@ -202,20 +203,10 @@ GDB</a>.</p> </h3> <div> -<p> -<a href="http://libcxx.llvm.org/">libc++</a> is another new member of the LLVM -family. It is an implementation of the C++ standard library, written from the -ground up to specifically target the forthcoming C++'0X standard and focus on -delivering great performance.</p> -<p> -In the LLVM 3.0 timeframe,</p> - -<p> -Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual - licensed</a> under the MIT and UIUC license, allowing it to be used more - permissively. -</p> +<p>Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual + licensed</a> under the MIT and UIUC license, allowing it to be used more + permissively.</p> </div> @@ -226,13 +217,14 @@ Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual </h3> <div> -<p> -<a href="http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llbrowse/trunk/doc/LLBrowse.html"> - LLBrowse</a> is an interactive viewer for LLVM modules. It can load any LLVM - module and displays its contents as an expandable tree view, facilitating an - easy way to inspect types, functions, global variables, or metadata nodes. It - is fully cross-platform, being based on the popular wxWidgets GUI toolkit. -</p> + +<p><a href="http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llbrowse/trunk/doc/LLBrowse.html"> + LLBrowse</a> is an interactive viewer for LLVM modules. It can load any LLVM + module and displays its contents as an expandable tree view, facilitating an + easy way to inspect types, functions, global variables, or metadata nodes. It + is fully cross-platform, being based on the popular wxWidgets GUI + toolkit.</p> + </div> <!--=========================================================================--> @@ -241,13 +233,14 @@ Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual </h3> <div> + <p>The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an implementation - of a Java Virtual Machine (Java VM or JVM) that uses LLVM for static and - just-in-time compilation. As of LLVM 3.0, VMKit now supports generational - garbage collectors. The garbage collectors are provided by the MMTk framework, - and VMKit can be configured to use one of the numerous implemented collectors - of MMTk. -</p> + of a Java Virtual Machine (Java VM or JVM) that uses LLVM for static and + just-in-time compilation. As of LLVM 3.0, VMKit now supports generational + garbage collectors. The garbage collectors are provided by the MMTk + framework, and VMKit can be configured to use one of the numerous implemented + collectors of MMTk.</p> + </div> @@ -501,14 +494,14 @@ object-oriented programming, operator overloading and strong typing.</p> co-design flow from C/C++ programs down to synthesizable VHDL and parallel program binaries. Processor customization points include the register files, function units, supported operations, and the interconnection network.</p> - + <p>TCE uses Clang and LLVM for C/C++ language support, target independent optimizations and also for parts of code generation. It generates new - LLVM-based code generators <i>on the fly</i> for the designed TTA processors - and loads them in to the compiler backend as runtime libraries to avoid + LLVM-based code generators "on the fly" for the designed TTA processors and + loads them in to the compiler backend as runtime libraries to avoid per-target recompilation of larger parts of the compiler chain.</p> -</div> +</div> <!--=========================================================================--> <h3>Tart Programming Language</h3> @@ -657,9 +650,8 @@ Faust compiler can now generate LLVM bitcode, and works with LLVM 2.7-3.0.</p> <div> <p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks and -minor improvements. Some of the major improvements and new features are listed -in this section. -</p> + minor improvements. Some of the major improvements and new features are + listed in this section.</p> <!--=========================================================================--> <h3> @@ -686,8 +678,9 @@ in this section. </h3> <div> + <p>LLVM IR has several new features for better support of new targets and that -expose new optimization opportunities:</p> + expose new optimization opportunities:</p> <p>One of the biggest changes is that 3.0 has a new exception handling system. The old system used LLVM intrinsics to convey the exception handling @@ -810,7 +803,8 @@ Builder.CreateResume(UnwindData); <div> <p>In addition to a large array of minor performance tweaks and bug fixes, this -release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the optimizers:</p> + release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the + optimizers:</p> <ul> <!-- @@ -828,11 +822,11 @@ release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the optimizers:</p> </h3> <div> -<p> -The LLVM Machine Code (aka MC) subsystem was created to solve a number -of problems in the realm of assembly, disassembly, object file format handling, -and a number of other related areas that CPU instruction-set level tools work -in.</p> + +<p>The LLVM Machine Code (aka MC) subsystem was created to solve a number of + problems in the realm of assembly, disassembly, object file format handling, + and a number of other related areas that CPU instruction-set level tools work + in.</p> <ul> <!-- @@ -840,10 +834,9 @@ in.</p> --> </ul> -<p>For more information, please see the <a -href="http://blog.llvm.org/2010/04/intro-to-llvm-mc-project.html">Intro to the -LLVM MC Project Blog Post</a>. -</p> +<p>For more information, please see + the <a href="http://blog.llvm.org/2010/04/intro-to-llvm-mc-project.html">Intro + to the LLVM MC Project Blog Post</a>.</p> </div> @@ -855,8 +848,8 @@ LLVM MC Project Blog Post</a>. <div> <p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator -infrastructure, which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and make -it run faster:</p> + infrastructure, which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and + make it run faster:</p> <ul> <!-- @@ -871,14 +864,16 @@ it run faster:</p> </h3> <div> -<p>New features and major changes in the X86 target include: -</p> + +<p>New features and major changes in the X86 target include:</p> <ul> -<li>The CRC32 intrinsics have been renamed. The intrinsics were previously - @llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.[8|16|32] and @llvm.x86.sse42.crc64.[8|64]. They have - been renamed to @llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.32.[8|16|32] and - @llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.64.[8|64].</li> + + <li>The CRC32 intrinsics have been renamed. The intrinsics were previously + <code>@llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.[8|16|32]</code> + and <code>@llvm.x86.sse42.crc64.[8|64]</code>. They have been renamed to + <code>@llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.32.[8|16|32]</code> and + <code>@llvm.x86.sse42.crc32.64.[8|64]</code>.</li> </ul> @@ -890,8 +885,8 @@ it run faster:</p> </h3> <div> -<p>New features of the ARM target include: -</p> + +<p>New features of the ARM target include:</p> <ul> <!-- @@ -906,11 +901,13 @@ it run faster:</p> </h3> <div> + <ul> <!-- <li></li> --> </ul> + </div> <!--=========================================================================--> @@ -942,10 +939,12 @@ it run faster:</p> <h4>Windows (32-bit)</h4> <div> + <ul> <li>On Win32(MinGW32 and MSVC), Windows 2000 will not be supported. Windows XP or higher is required.</li> </ul> + </div> </div> @@ -961,24 +960,25 @@ it run faster:</p> LLVM API changes are:</p> <ul> -<li>The biggest and most pervasive change is that llvm::Type's are no longer - returned or accepted as 'const' values. Instead, just pass around non-const - Type's.</li> + <li>The biggest and most pervasive change is that llvm::Type's are no longer + returned or accepted as 'const' values. Instead, just pass around + non-const Type's.</li> -<li><code>PHINode::reserveOperandSpace</code> has been removed. Instead, you - must specify how many operands to reserve space for when you create the - PHINode, by passing an extra argument into <code>PHINode::Create</code>.</li> - -<li>PHINodes no longer store their incoming BasicBlocks as operands. Instead, - the list of incoming BasicBlocks is stored separately, and can be accessed - with new functions <code>PHINode::block_begin</code> - and <code>PHINode::block_end</code>.</li> - -<li>Various functions now take an <code>ArrayRef</code> instead of either a pair - of pointers (or iterators) to the beginning and end of a range, or a pointer - and a length. Others now return an <code>ArrayRef</code> instead of a - reference to a <code>SmallVector</code> or <code>std::vector</code>. These - include: + <li><code>PHINode::reserveOperandSpace</code> has been removed. Instead, you + must specify how many operands to reserve space for when you create the + PHINode, by passing an extra argument + into <code>PHINode::Create</code>.</li> + + <li>PHINodes no longer store their incoming BasicBlocks as operands. Instead, + the list of incoming BasicBlocks is stored separately, and can be accessed + with new functions <code>PHINode::block_begin</code> + and <code>PHINode::block_end</code>.</li> + + <li>Various functions now take an <code>ArrayRef</code> instead of either a + pair of pointers (or iterators) to the beginning and end of a range, or a + pointer and a length. Others now return an <code>ArrayRef</code> instead + of a reference to a <code>SmallVector</code> + or <code>std::vector</code>. These include: <ul> <!-- Please keep this list sorted. --> <li><code>CallInst::Create</code></li> @@ -1021,44 +1021,45 @@ it run faster:</p> <li><code>TargetData::getIndexedOffset</code></li> </ul></li> -<li>All forms of <code>StringMap::getOrCreateValue</code> have been remove - except for the one which takes a <code>StringRef</code>.</li> - -<li>The <code>LLVMBuildUnwind</code> function from the C API was removed. The - LLVM <code>unwind</code> instruction has been deprecated for a long time and - isn't used by the current front-ends. So this was removed during the - exception handling rewrite.</li> - -<li>The <code>LLVMAddLowerSetJmpPass</code> function from the C API was removed - because the <code>LowerSetJmp</code> pass was removed.</li> - -<li>The <code>DIBuilder</code> interface used by front ends to encode debugging - information in the LLVM IR now expects clients to use <code>DIBuilder::finalize()</code> - at the end of translation unit to complete debugging information encoding.</li> - -<li>The way the type system works has been rewritten: <code>PATypeHolder</code> -and <code>OpaqueType</code> are gone, and all APIs deal with <code>Type*</code> -instead of <code>const Type*</code>. -If you need to create recursive structures, then create a named structure, -and use <code>setBody()</code> when all its elements are built. -Type merging and refining is gone too: named structures are not -merged with other structures, even if their layout is identical. -(of course anonymous structures are still uniqued by layout). -</li> + <li>All forms of <code>StringMap::getOrCreateValue</code> have been remove + except for the one which takes a <code>StringRef</code>.</li> + + <li>The <code>LLVMBuildUnwind</code> function from the C API was removed. The + LLVM <code>unwind</code> instruction has been deprecated for a long time + and isn't used by the current front-ends. So this was removed during the + exception handling rewrite.</li> + + <li>The <code>LLVMAddLowerSetJmpPass</code> function from the C API was + removed because the <code>LowerSetJmp</code> pass was removed.</li> + + <li>The <code>DIBuilder</code> interface used by front ends to encode + debugging information in the LLVM IR now expects clients to + use <code>DIBuilder::finalize()</code> at the end of translation unit to + complete debugging information encoding.</li> -<li>TargetSelect.h moved to Support/ from Target/</li> + <li>The way the type system works has been + rewritten: <code>PATypeHolder</code> and <code>OpaqueType</code> are gone, + and all APIs deal with <code>Type*</code> instead of <code>const + Type*</code>. If you need to create recursive structures, then create a + named structure, and use <code>setBody()</code> when all its elements are + built. Type merging and refining is gone too: named structures are not + merged with other structures, even if their layout is identical. (of + course anonymous structures are still uniqued by layout).</li> -<li>UpgradeIntrinsicCall no longer upgrades pre-2.9 intrinsic calls -(for example <code>llvm.memset.i32</code>).</li> + <li>TargetSelect.h moved to Support/ from Target/</li> -<li>It is mandatory to initialize all out-of-tree passes too and their dependencies now with -<code>INITIALIZE_PASS{BEGIN,END,}</code> and <code>INITIALIZE_{PASS,AG}_DEPENDENCY</code>.</li> + <li>UpgradeIntrinsicCall no longer upgrades pre-2.9 intrinsic calls (for + example <code>llvm.memset.i32</code>).</li> -<li>The interface for MemDepResult in MemoryDependenceAnalysis has been enhanced - with new return types Unknown and NonFuncLocal, in addition to the existing - types Clobber, Def, and NonLocal.</li> + <li>It is mandatory to initialize all out-of-tree passes too and their dependencies now with + <code>INITIALIZE_PASS{BEGIN,END,}</code> + and <code>INITIALIZE_{PASS,AG}_DEPENDENCY</code>.</li> + <li>The interface for MemDepResult in MemoryDependenceAnalysis has been + enhanced with new return types Unknown and NonFuncLocal, in addition to + the existing types Clobber, Def, and NonLocal.</li> </ul> + </div> </div> @@ -1071,10 +1072,10 @@ merged with other structures, even if their layout is identical. <div> -<p>This section contains significant known problems with the LLVM system, -listed by component. If you run into a problem, please check the <a -href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if -there isn't already one.</p> +<p>This section contains significant known problems with the LLVM system, listed + by component. If you run into a problem, please check + the <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if + there isn't already one.</p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> <h3> @@ -1084,18 +1085,19 @@ there isn't already one.</p> <div> <p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to -be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should -not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be -useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these -components, please contact us on the <a -href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p> + be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components + should not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they + may be useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on + one of these components, please contact us on + the <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev + list</a>.</p> <ul> -<li>The Alpha, CellSPU, MicroBlaze, MSP430, MIPS, PTX, - and XCore backends are experimental.</li> -<li><tt>llc</tt> "<tt>-filetype=obj</tt>" is experimental on all targets - other than darwin and ELF X86 systems.</li> - + <li>The Alpha, Blackfin, CellSPU, MicroBlaze, MSP430, MIPS, PTX, SystemZ and + XCore backends are experimental.</li> + + <li><tt>llc</tt> "<tt>-filetype=obj</tt>" is experimental on all targets other + than darwin and ELF X86 systems.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1109,23 +1111,28 @@ href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p> <ul> <li>The X86 backend does not yet support - all <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86 - floating point stack</a>. It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but not - 'u'.</li> + all <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86 + floating point stack</a>. It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but + not 'u'.</li> + <li>The X86-64 backend does not yet support the LLVM IR instruction - <tt>va_arg</tt>. Currently, front-ends support variadic - argument constructs on X86-64 by lowering them manually.</li> + <tt>va_arg</tt>. Currently, front-ends support variadic argument + constructs on X86-64 by lowering them manually.</li> + <li>Windows x64 (aka Win64) code generator has a few issues. <ul> - <li>llvm-gcc cannot build the mingw-w64 runtime currently - due to lack of support for the 'u' inline assembly - constraint and for X87 floating point inline assembly.</li> - <li>On mingw-w64, you will see unresolved symbol <tt>__chkstk</tt> - due to <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=8919">Bug 8919</a>. - It is fixed in <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20110321/118499.html">r128206</a>.</li> + <li>llvm-gcc cannot build the mingw-w64 runtime currently due to lack of + support for the 'u' inline assembly constraint and for X87 floating + point inline assembly.</li> + + <li>On mingw-w64, you will see unresolved symbol <tt>__chkstk</tt> due + to <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=8919">Bug 8919</a>. + It is fixed + in <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20110321/118499.html">r128206</a>.</li> + <li>Miss-aligned MOVDQA might crash your program. It is due to - <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=9483">Bug 9483</a>, - lack of handling aligned internal globals.</li> + <a href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=9483">Bug 9483</a>, lack + of handling aligned internal globals.</li> </ul> </li> @@ -1141,8 +1148,8 @@ href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p> <div> <ul> -<li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static -compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li> + <li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static + compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1155,11 +1162,12 @@ compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li> <div> <ul> -<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> -<li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported but not fully tested. -</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> + + <li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported but not fully + tested.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1172,8 +1180,8 @@ results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li> <div> <ul> -<li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32); it does not - support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li> + <li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32); it does not + support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1186,7 +1194,7 @@ results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li> <div> <ul> -<li>64-bit MIPS targets are not supported yet.</li> + <li>64-bit MIPS targets are not supported yet.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1199,11 +1207,10 @@ results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li> <div> <ul> - -<li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the -appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li> - + <li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have + the appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li> </ul> + </div> <!-- ======================================================================= --> @@ -1214,16 +1221,19 @@ appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li> <div> <p>The C backend has numerous problems and is not being actively maintained. -Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</p> + Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</p> <ul> -<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for - inline assembly code</a>.</li> -<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common - C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and - C++ code compiled with <tt>llc</tt> or native compilers.</li> -<li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li> -<li>The C backend does not support arbitrary precision integers.</li> + <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for + inline assembly code</a>.</li> + + <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common + C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE + and C++ code compiled with <tt>llc</tt> or native compilers.</li> + + <li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li> + + <li>The C backend does not support arbitrary precision integers.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -1236,7 +1246,7 @@ Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</p> <div> -<p><b>LLVM 3.0 will be the last release of llvm-gcc.</b></p> +<p><b>LLVM 2.9 was the last release of llvm-gcc.</b></p> <p>llvm-gcc is generally very stable for the C family of languages. The only major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is the @@ -1253,8 +1263,9 @@ Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</p> <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> <p>The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler has basic functionality, but is no longer being -actively maintained. If you are interested in Ada, we recommend that you -consider using <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> + actively maintained. If you are interested in Ada, we recommend that you + consider using <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> + </div> </div> @@ -1267,17 +1278,16 @@ consider using <a href="#dragonegg">dragonegg</a> instead.</p> <div> -<p>A wide variety of additional information is available on the <a -href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in the <a -href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page also -contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the -Subversion version of the source code. -You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going -into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p> +<p>A wide variety of additional information is available on + the <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in + the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page + also contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the + Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these + documents specific to this release by going into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" + directory in the LLVM tree.</p> <p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact -us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing -lists</a>.</p> + us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing lists</a>.</p> </div> |