This is an archive of the discontinued LLVM Phabricator instance.

Differential D64529

Add some release notes for 9.0 release
ClosedPublic

Authored by arsenm on Jul 10 2019, 1:46 PM.

Details

Reviewers
tstellar
hans

Diff Detail

Event Timeline

arsenm created this revision.Jul 10 2019, 1:46 PM
Herald added subscribers: jfb, wdng. · View Herald TranscriptJul 10 2019, 1:46 PM
arsenm added a comment.Jul 15 2019, 10:10 AM

ping

tstellar accepted this revision.Jul 15 2019, 10:23 AM

LGTM.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 15 2019, 10:23 AM
arsenm closed this revision.Jul 15 2019, 10:50 AM

r366093

Revision Contents

PathSize
docs/
12 lines

Diff 209058

docs/ReleaseNotes.rst

Show First 20 Lines • Show All 70 Lines • ▼ Show 20 Lines* The 2-field form of global variables ``@llvm.global_ctors`` and
type is now mandatory. Specify `i8* null` to migrate from the obsoleted type is now mandatory. Specify `i8* null` to migrate from the obsoleted
2-field form. 2-field form.
* The ``byval`` attribute can now take a type parameter: * The ``byval`` attribute can now take a type parameter:
``byval(<ty>)``. If present it must be identical to the argument's ``byval(<ty>)``. If present it must be identical to the argument's
pointee type. In the next release we intend to make this parameter pointee type. In the next release we intend to make this parameter
mandatory in preparation for opaque pointer types. mandatory in preparation for opaque pointer types.
* ``atomicrmw xchg`` now allows floating point types
* ``atomicrmw`` now supports ``fadd`` and ``fsub``
Changes to building LLVM Changes to building LLVM
------------------------ ------------------------
* Building LLVM with Visual Studio now requires version 2017 or later. * Building LLVM with Visual Studio now requires version 2017 or later.
Changes to the ARM Backend Changes to the ARM Backend
-------------------------- --------------------------
Show All 15 Lines
Changes to the X86 Target Changes to the X86 Target
------------------------- -------------------------
During this release ... During this release ...
Changes to the AMDGPU Target Changes to the AMDGPU Target
----------------------------- -----------------------------
During this release ... * Function call support is now enabled by default
* Improved support for 96-bit loads and stores
* DPP combiner pass is now enabled by default
* Support for gfx10
Changes to the AVR Target Changes to the AVR Target
----------------------------- -----------------------------
During this release ... During this release ...
Changes to the WebAssembly Target Changes to the WebAssembly Target
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
▲ Show 20 Lines • Show All 45 Lines • Show Last 20 Lines