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Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | <h1>LLVM 3.1 Release Notes</h1> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
Jakub Staszak | f8de54f | 2011-12-06 23:33:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | <div> |
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Chris Lattner | 0e464a9 | 2010-03-17 04:02:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | <ol> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | <li><a href="#subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | <li><a href="#externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 3.1</a></li> |
| 22 | <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 4b538b9 | 2004-04-30 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
Dan Gohman | 44aa921 | 2008-10-14 16:23:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | <li><a href="#knownproblems">Known Problems</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | <li><a href="#additionalinfo">Additional Information</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | </ol> |
| 27 | |
Chris Lattner | 7911ce2 | 2004-05-23 21:07:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | <div class="doc_author"> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | b9a3363 | 2011-04-09 02:13:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | <p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM Team</a></p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | <h1 style="color:red">These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 3.1 |
Jeffrey Yasskin | bec4877 | 2010-01-28 01:14:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | release.<br> |
| 34 | You may prefer the |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/3.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html">LLVM 3.0 |
Dan Gohman | b44f6c6 | 2010-05-03 23:51:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | Release Notes</a>.</h1> |
Jeffrey Yasskin | bec4877 | 2010-01-28 01:14:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | <h2> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | <a name="intro">Introduction</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 43 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | <p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | Infrastructure, release 3.1. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including |
Chris Lattner | 1ab8ce9 | 2011-11-27 18:47:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | major improvements from the previous release, improvements in various |
| 49 | subprojects of LLVM, and some of the current users of the code. |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | All LLVM releases may be downloaded from |
| 51 | the <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | |
Chris Lattner | 7506b1d | 2004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | <p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM web |
| 55 | site</a>. If you have questions or comments, |
| 56 | the <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM |
| 57 | Developer's Mailing List</a> is a good place to send them.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | <p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the main |
| 60 | LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the |
| 61 | current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the |
| 62 | <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
| 64 | </div> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
| 66 | |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | <h2> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | <a name="subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | ea34f64 | 2008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | <p>The LLVM 3.1 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and |
Chris Lattner | c343e31 | 2011-11-10 20:15:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | supporting tools), and the Clang repository. In |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | addition to this code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are |
| 79 | in development. Here we include updates on these subprojects.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | fb97b2d | 2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | <a name="clang">Clang: C/C++/Objective-C Frontend Toolkit</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | |
Chris Lattner | 095539f | 2010-04-26 17:42:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | <p><a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">Clang</a> is an LLVM front end for the C, |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | C++, and Objective-C languages. Clang aims to provide a better user |
| 90 | experience through expressive diagnostics, a high level of conformance to |
| 91 | language standards, fast compilation, and low memory use. Like LLVM, Clang |
| 92 | provides a modular, library-based architecture that makes it suitable for |
| 93 | creating or integrating with other development tools. Clang is considered a |
| 94 | production-quality compiler for C, Objective-C, C++ and Objective-C++ on x86 |
Chris Lattner | 1ab8ce9 | 2011-11-27 18:47:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | (32- and 64-bit), and for Darwin/ARM targets.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | <p>In the LLVM 3.1 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p> |
Douglas Gregor | ba087df | 2011-10-15 00:48:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | <li>...</li> |
Douglas Gregor | ba087df | 2011-10-15 00:48:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | |
| 102 | <p>For more details about the changes to Clang since the 2.9 release, see the |
Chandler Carruth | cc966de | 2011-11-29 00:32:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html">Clang release notes</a> |
| 104 | </p> |
Douglas Gregor | ba087df | 2011-10-15 00:48:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | |
Duncan Sands | f3ba7af | 2011-04-06 08:07:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | <p>If Clang rejects your code but another compiler accepts it, please take a |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | look at the <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/compatibility.html">language |
| 109 | compatibility</a> guide to make sure this is not intentional or a known |
| 110 | issue.</p> |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | |
Chris Lattner | fb97b2d | 2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | </div> |
| 113 | |
| 114 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | <h3> |
Duncan Sands | 528a510 | 2011-04-04 11:09:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | <a name="dragonegg">DragonEgg: GCC front-ends, LLVM back-end</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | <p><a href="http://dragonegg.llvm.org/">DragonEgg</a> is a |
| 121 | <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/plugins">gcc plugin</a> that replaces GCC's |
Duncan Sands | 77352c9 | 2011-11-10 18:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | optimizers and code generators with LLVM's. It works with gcc-4.5 or gcc-4.6, |
| 123 | targets the x86-32 and x86-64 processor families, and has been successfully |
| 124 | used on the Darwin, FreeBSD, KFreeBSD, Linux and OpenBSD platforms. It fully |
| 125 | supports Ada, C, C++ and Fortran. It has partial support for Go, Java, Obj-C |
| 126 | and Obj-C++.</p> |
Duncan Sands | 749fd83 | 2010-04-02 09:23:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | <p>The 3.1 release has the following notable changes:</p> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | |
Chris Lattner | 1ab8ce9 | 2011-11-27 18:47:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | <ul> |
Duncan Sands | 77352c9 | 2011-11-10 18:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <li>...</li> |
Duncan Sands | 77352c9 | 2011-11-10 18:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | |
Duncan Sands | 4b1da2b | 2010-09-30 17:37:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | |
| 136 | </div> |
| 137 | |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | <a name="compiler-rt">compiler-rt: Compiler Runtime Library</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | |
| 145 | <p>The new LLVM <a href="http://compiler-rt.llvm.org/">compiler-rt project</a> |
| 146 | is a simple library that provides an implementation of the low-level |
| 147 | target-specific hooks required by code generation and other runtime |
| 148 | components. For example, when compiling for a 32-bit target, converting a |
| 149 | double to a 64-bit unsigned integer is compiled into a runtime call to the |
| 150 | "__fixunsdfdi" function. The compiler-rt library provides highly optimized |
| 151 | implementations of this and other low-level routines (some are 3x faster than |
| 152 | the equivalent libgcc routines).</p> |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | <p>....</p> |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | |
| 156 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | |
| 158 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | <a name="lldb">LLDB: Low Level Debugger</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | <div> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | |
Chris Lattner | 9e89671 | 2011-11-27 18:53:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | <p>LLDB is a ground-up implementation of a command line debugger, as well as a |
| 166 | debugger API that can be used from other applications. LLDB makes use of the |
| 167 | Clang parser to provide high-fidelity expression parsing (particularly for |
| 168 | C++) and uses the LLVM JIT for target support.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | <p>...</p> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | |
| 172 | </div> |
| 173 | |
| 174 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | <a name="libc++">libc++: C++ Standard Library</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | <p>Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual |
| 182 | licensed</a> under the MIT and UIUC license, allowing it to be used more |
| 183 | permissively.</p> |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 184 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | <p>...</p> |
David Chisnall | 553284e | 2011-11-26 10:56:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | |
Chris Lattner | e07043c | 2010-09-29 05:30:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 187 | </div> |
| 188 | |
Chris Lattner | 3d6a80a | 2011-04-07 03:08:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 3d6a80a | 2011-04-07 03:08:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | <a name="vmkit">VMKit</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 3d6a80a | 2011-04-07 03:08:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | |
Nicolas Geoffray | 54d5df9 | 2011-11-10 23:37:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | <p>The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an |
| 197 | implementation of a Java Virtual Machine (Java VM or JVM) that uses LLVM for |
| 198 | static and just-in-time compilation. |
| 199 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 200 | <p>In the LLVM 3.1 time-frame, VMKit has had significant improvements on both |
Nicolas Geoffray | 54d5df9 | 2011-11-10 23:37:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | runtime and startup performance:</p> |
| 202 | |
| 203 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | <li>...</li> |
Nicolas Geoffray | 54d5df9 | 2011-11-10 23:37:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 205 | </ul> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | |
Chris Lattner | 3d6a80a | 2011-04-07 03:08:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | </div> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | </div> |
Daniel Dunbar | 97b01a8 | 2010-10-04 17:39:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 210 | |
Chris Lattner | ab68e9e | 2009-02-26 22:33:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | <h2> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | <a name="externalproj">External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 3.1</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | ab68e9e | 2009-02-26 22:33:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 216 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 218 | |
| 219 | <p>An exciting aspect of LLVM is that it is used as an enabling technology for |
| 220 | a lot of other language and tools projects. This section lists some of the |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.1.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 7554771 | 2010-10-03 23:49:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | ... to be filled in right before the release ... |
Bill Wendling | 644ce53 | 2011-10-26 09:25:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | </div> |
| 226 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | <h2> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | <a name="whatsnew">What's New in LLVM 3.1?</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 231 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 232 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | f8e0b4e | 2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 235 | <p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks and |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | minor improvements. Some of the major improvements and new features are |
| 237 | listed in this section.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | |
Chris Lattner | 914ce46 | 2010-04-22 06:28:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 239 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | <a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 245 | |
Chris Lattner | 1ab8ce9 | 2011-11-27 18:47:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | <!-- Features that need text if they're finished for 3.1: |
| 247 | ARM EHABI |
| 248 | combiner-aa? |
| 249 | strong phi elim |
| 250 | loop dependence analysis |
| 251 | CorrelatedValuePropagation |
| 252 | lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp => consider for 3.1. |
Chris Lattner | 1c80fbf | 2011-11-27 20:51:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | Integrated assembler on by default for arm/thumb? |
| 254 | |
Chris Lattner | 1ab8ce9 | 2011-11-27 18:47:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 255 | --> |
| 256 | |
Chris Lattner | 1c80fbf | 2011-11-27 20:51:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | <!-- Near dead: |
Chris Lattner | dec23b6 | 2011-11-15 22:13:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | Analysis/RegionInfo.h + Dom Frontiers |
| 259 | SparseBitVector: used in LiveVar. |
Chris Lattner | 5a1731d | 2011-11-27 08:32:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | llvm/lib/Archive - replace with lib object? |
Chris Lattner | 1c80fbf | 2011-11-27 20:51:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 261 | --> |
Chris Lattner | 6a007d1 | 2011-11-25 20:33:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 262 | |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | <p>LLVM 3.1 includes several major changes and big features:</p> |
Bill Wendling | bc5f6dd | 2011-10-26 18:33:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | <ul> |
Evan Cheng | 2868186 | 2011-12-14 22:57:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 266 | <li><a href="../tools/clang/docs/AddressSanitizer.html">AddressSanitizer</a>, |
| 267 | a fast memory error detector.</li> |
| 268 | <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html#machineinstrbundle">MachineInstr Bundles</a>, |
| 269 | Support to model instruction bundling / packing.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | <li>....</li> |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | </ul> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | |
Bill Wendling | bc5f6dd | 2011-10-26 18:33:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | </div> |
| 274 | |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | |
Chris Lattner | 4f0fe43 | 2011-11-27 19:26:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 276 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 277 | <h3> |
| 278 | <a name="coreimprovements">LLVM IR and Core Improvements</a> |
| 279 | </h3> |
| 280 | |
| 281 | <div> |
| 282 | |
| 283 | <p>LLVM IR has several new features for better support of new targets and that |
| 284 | expose new optimization opportunities:</p> |
| 285 | |
Chris Lattner | 064caf9 | 2011-11-27 21:30:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | <ul> |
Dan Gohman | eb4c70b | 2011-12-20 01:10:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | <li>IR support for half float</li> |
Nadav Rotem | 7559766 | 2011-12-20 08:02:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | <li>IR support for vectors of pointers, including vector GEPs.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | <li>....</li> |
Chris Lattner | 064caf9 | 2011-11-27 21:30:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | </ul> |
Andrew Trick | 5aab638 | 2011-11-06 17:59:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | </div> |
| 292 | |
| 293 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 294 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 295 | <a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | |
Chris Lattner | 064caf9 | 2011-11-27 21:30:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | <p>In addition to many minor performance tweaks and bug fixes, this |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the |
| 302 | optimizers:</p> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 303 | |
| 304 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | <li>....</li> |
Chris Lattner | 11b6611 | 2010-10-04 02:42:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 306 | </ul> |
| 307 | |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 309 | |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 310 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 4ba2b65 | 2010-09-30 16:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | <a name="mc">MC Level Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 4ba2b65 | 2010-09-30 16:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 315 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 316 | |
| 317 | <p>The LLVM Machine Code (aka MC) subsystem was created to solve a number of |
| 318 | problems in the realm of assembly, disassembly, object file format handling, |
| 319 | and a number of other related areas that CPU instruction-set level tools work |
Chris Lattner | 2f20602 | 2011-11-27 22:03:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | in. For more information, please see |
| 321 | the <a href="http://blog.llvm.org/2010/04/intro-to-llvm-mc-project.html">Intro |
| 322 | to the LLVM MC Project Blog Post</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 7d9b6b4 | 2010-10-02 21:59:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 323 | |
Chris Lattner | 7d9b6b4 | 2010-10-02 21:59:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 325 | <li>....</li> |
Chris Lattner | 7d9b6b4 | 2010-10-02 21:59:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | </ul> |
| 327 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 45c435a | 2011-04-05 08:24:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 328 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 4ba2b65 | 2010-09-30 16:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | |
Chris Lattner | 4ba2b65 | 2010-09-30 16:31:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 511433e | 2009-03-02 03:24:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | <a name="codegen">Target Independent Code Generator Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 336 | |
Nadav Rotem | 7559766 | 2011-12-20 08:02:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 337 | <p>We have changed the way that the Type Legalizer legalizes vectors. |
| 338 | The type legalizer now attempts to promote integer elements. |
| 339 | This enabled the implementation of vector-select. |
| 340 | Additionally, we see a performance boost on workloads which use vectors of chars and shorts, since they are now promoted |
| 341 | to 32-bit types, which are better supported by the SIMD instruction set. |
| 342 | Floating point types are still widened as before.</p> |
| 343 | |
| 344 | |
Mikhail Glushenkov | f795ef0 | 2009-03-01 18:09:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 345 | <p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 346 | infrastructure, which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and |
| 347 | make it run faster:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 348 | |
| 349 | <ul> |
Jakob Stoklund Olesen | 9897c62 | 2011-12-19 16:53:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 350 | <li>TableGen can now synthesize register classes that are only needed to |
| 351 | represent combinations of constraints from instructions and sub-registers. |
| 352 | The synthetic register classes inherit most of their properties form their |
| 353 | closest user-defined super-class.</li> |
Jakob Stoklund Olesen | d9e5c76 | 2012-01-05 00:26:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | <li><code>MachineRegisterInfo</code> now allows the reserved registers to be |
| 355 | frozen when register allocation starts. Target hooks should use the |
| 356 | <code>MRI->canReserveReg(FramePtr)</code> method to avoid accidentally |
| 357 | disabling frame pointer elimination during register allocation.</li> |
Jakob Stoklund Olesen | 7739cad | 2012-01-16 19:22:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | <li>A new kind of <code>MachineOperand</code> provides a compact |
| 359 | representation of large clobber lists on call instructions. The register |
| 360 | mask operand references a bit mask of preserved registers. Everything else is |
| 361 | clobbered.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 362 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 363 | </div> |
| 364 | |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | <a name="x86">X86-32 and X86-64 Target Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 371 | |
| 372 | <p>New features and major changes in the X86 target include:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 373 | |
| 374 | <ul> |
Nadav Rotem | 7559766 | 2011-12-20 08:02:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | <li>Bug fixes and improved support for AVX1</li> |
| 376 | <li>Support for AVX2 (still incomplete at this point)</li> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | <li>....</li> |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | </ul> |
| 379 | |
Chris Lattner | 917cc71 | 2009-03-02 02:37:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | |
| 382 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 383 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 384 | <a name="ARM">ARM Target Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | c441fb8 | 2009-03-01 02:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 387 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | |
| 389 | <p>New features of the ARM target include:</p> |
Chris Lattner | c441fb8 | 2009-03-01 02:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 390 | |
| 391 | <ul> |
Jakob Stoklund Olesen | f5bb45f | 2011-12-16 16:07:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 392 | <li>The constant island pass now supports basic block and constant pool entry |
| 393 | alignments greater than 4 bytes.</li> </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 61358ab | 2009-10-13 17:48:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 7b95c38 | 2011-11-15 22:23:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 395 | |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 396 | |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 397 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 398 | <h3> |
Akira Hatanaka | 5381cbf | 2011-11-15 21:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | <a name="MIPS">MIPS Target Improvements</a> |
| 400 | </h3> |
| 401 | |
| 402 | <div> |
| 403 | |
Chris Lattner | 1cc489b | 2011-11-27 22:12:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | <p>This release has seen major new work on just about every aspect of the MIPS |
| 405 | backend. Some of the major new features include:</p> |
Akira Hatanaka | 5381cbf | 2011-11-15 21:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | |
| 407 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | <li>....</li> |
Akira Hatanaka | 5381cbf | 2011-11-15 21:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | </ul> |
| 410 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 7b95c38 | 2011-11-15 22:23:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | |
| 412 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 413 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 414 | <a name="OtherTS">Other Target Specific Improvements</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 415 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | c441fb8 | 2009-03-01 02:30:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 417 | <div> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 418 | |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 419 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | <li>....</li> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | |
Chris Lattner | d6cc2c2 | 2011-11-27 22:36:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 423 | </ul> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 425 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 77d29b1 | 2008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | |
| 427 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 429 | <a name="changes">Major Changes and Removed Features</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 430 | </h3> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 431 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | <div> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | |
Bill Wendling | 2626dba | 2011-08-03 22:18:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | <p>If you're already an LLVM user or developer with out-of-tree changes based on |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | LLVM 3.1, this section lists some "gotchas" that you may run into upgrading |
Bill Wendling | 2626dba | 2011-08-03 22:18:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 436 | from the previous release.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | |
| 438 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 439 | <li>LLVM 3.1 removes support for reading LLVM 2.9 bitcode files. Going forward, |
| 440 | we aim for all future versions of LLVM to read bitcode files and .ll files |
| 441 | produced by LLVM 3.0 and later.</li> |
| 442 | <li>....</li> |
Devang Patel | b34dd13 | 2008-10-14 20:03:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 445 | </div> |
| 446 | |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 447 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 448 | <h3> |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 449 | <a name="api_changes">Internal API Changes</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 450 | </h3> |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 451 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 452 | <div> |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | |
Chris Lattner | 1efe27e | 2011-04-06 00:45:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | <p>In addition, many APIs have changed in this release. Some of the major |
Bill Wendling | 1600525 | 2011-08-02 06:20:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 455 | LLVM API changes are:</p> |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 456 | |
| 457 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 21e1b7a | 2011-12-13 17:55:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | <li>....</li> |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | </ul> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 460 | |
Daniel Dunbar | f0233c6 | 2010-10-04 20:11:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 461 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 462 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 463 | </div> |
| 464 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 465 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 466 | <h2> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 470 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 471 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 472 | |
Chris Lattner | 70e2201 | 2011-11-27 19:38:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | <p>LLVM is generally a production quality compiler, and is used by a broad range |
| 474 | of applications and shipping in many products. That said, not every |
| 475 | subsystem is as mature as the aggregate, particularly the more obscure |
| 476 | targets. If you run into a problem, please check the <a |
| 477 | href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if |
| 478 | there isn't already one or ask on the <a |
| 479 | href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev |
| 480 | list</a>.</p> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 481 | |
Chris Lattner | 70e2201 | 2011-11-27 19:38:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | <p>Known problem areas include:</p> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 484 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 70e2201 | 2011-11-27 19:38:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 485 | <li>The Alpha, Blackfin, CellSPU, MSP430, PTX, SystemZ and |
Chris Lattner | 1c80fbf | 2011-11-27 20:51:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 486 | XCore backends are experimental, and the Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ |
| 487 | targets have already been removed from mainline.</li> |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 488 | |
Chris Lattner | 70e2201 | 2011-11-27 19:38:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | <li>The integrated assembler, disassembler, and JIT is not supported by |
| 490 | several targets. If an integrated assembler is not supported, then a |
| 491 | system assembler is required. For more details, see the <a |
| 492 | href="CodeGenerator.html#targetfeatures">Target Features Matrix</a>. |
| 493 | </li> |
Michael J. Spencer | 60f790c | 2011-11-28 18:20:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 494 | |
Chris Lattner | 70e2201 | 2011-11-27 19:38:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 495 | <li>The C backend has numerous problems and is not being actively maintained. |
| 496 | Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 497 | </ul> |
| 498 | |
| 499 | </div> |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 500 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 502 | <h2> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 503 | <a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a> |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 06c6d9a | 2011-04-18 01:17:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | </h2> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 505 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 506 | |
NAKAMURA Takumi | 074eeaa | 2011-04-21 01:52:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 507 | <div> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 508 | |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 509 | <p>A wide variety of additional information is available on |
| 510 | the <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in |
| 511 | the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page |
| 512 | also contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the |
| 513 | Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these |
| 514 | documents specific to this release by going into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" |
| 515 | directory in the LLVM tree.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | <p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact |
Bill Wendling | 7b7fa74 | 2011-10-26 18:46:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 518 | us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing lists</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 519 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 520 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | |
| 522 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 523 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 524 | <hr> |
Misha Brukman | 2061e89 | 2003-11-22 01:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | <address> |
Misha Brukman | 38847d5 | 2003-12-21 22:53:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer"><img |
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Misha Brukman | 2061e89 | 2003-11-22 01:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 528 | <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img |
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Misha Brukman | 2061e89 | 2003-11-22 01:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 530 | |
Chris Lattner | b4b0ce7 | 2007-05-18 00:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 531 | <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | Last modified: $Date$ |
Misha Brukman | 2061e89 | 2003-11-22 01:23:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 533 | </address> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 534 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 535 | </body> |
| 536 | </html> |