From 755cbe0db1d59811d9302f035d4ef6a8f4db9222 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Wilson
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:19:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add some release notes about ARM v7 support and known
problems.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@78842 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html
index e595d2ee8b3..1dbecf6a054 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html
@@ -395,6 +395,27 @@ it run faster:
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New features of the ARM target include:
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+- 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.
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@@ -638,6 +659,9 @@ compilation, and lacks support for debug information.
+- 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.
- Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6
processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong
results (PR1388).