diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 99d720903df..fa5f8794c15 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -625,12 +625,6 @@ itself.</p> <li>The C++ front-end inherits all problems afflicting the <a href="#c-fe">C front-end</a>.</li> -<li><b>IA-64 specific</b>: The C++ front-end does not use <a -href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR406">IA64 ABI compliant layout of v-tables</a>. -In particular, it just stores function pointers instead of function -descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents mixing C++ code compiled with -LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++ compilers.</li> - </ul> </div> @@ -670,46 +664,6 @@ href="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.4/changes.html">GCC 3.4 release notes</a>.</li> </div> -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<ul> - <li>None yet</li> -</ul> - -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="sparcv9-be">Known problems with the SparcV9 back-end</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<ul> -<li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR60">[sparcv9] SparcV9 backend miscompiles -several programs in the LLVM test suite</a></li> -</ul> - -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<ul> -<li>None yet</li> -</ul> - -</div> - <!-- ======================================================================= --> <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a> @@ -732,6 +686,46 @@ frontends.</li> </div> +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<div class="doc_subsection"> + <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> + +<ul> + <li>None yet</li> +</ul> + +</div> + +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<div class="doc_subsection"> + <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> + +<ul> +<li>None yet</li> +</ul> + +</div> + +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<div class="doc_subsection"> + <a name="sparcv9-be">Known problems with the SparcV9 back-end</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> + +<ul> +<li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR60">[sparcv9] SparcV9 backend miscompiles +several programs in the LLVM test suite</a></li> +</ul> + +</div> + <!-- ======================================================================= --> <div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a> @@ -741,9 +735,10 @@ frontends.</li> <ul> -<li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmatic 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> -<li>Vararg functions are not supported.</li> +<li>Defining vararg functions is not supported (but calling them is ok).</li> <li>Due to the vararg problems, C++ exceptions do not work. Small changes are required to the CFE (which break correctness in the exception handler) to compile the exception handling library (and thus the C++ standard library).</li> @@ -765,11 +760,17 @@ made where the argument is not 16-byte aligned, as required on IA64. (Strictly speaking this is not a bug in the IA64 back-end; it will also be encountered when building C++ programs using the C back-end.)</li> -<li>There are a few ABI violations which will lead to problems -when mixing LLVM output with code built with other compilers, -particularly for C++ and floating-point programs.</li> +<li>The C++ front-end does not use <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR406">IA64 +ABI compliant layout of v-tables</a>. In particular, it just stores function +pointers instead of function descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents +mixing C++ code compiled with LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++ +compilers.</li> -<li>Vararg functions are not supported.</li> +<li>There are a few ABI violations which will lead to problems when mixing LLVM +output with code built with other compilers, particularly for floating-point +programs.</li> + +<li>Defining vararg functions is not supported (but calling them is ok).</li> </ul>