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diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8bb9320756 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,350 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2006</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>HiPE Release Notes</title> + <prepared>otp_appnotes</prepared> + <docno>nil</docno> + <date>nil</date> + <rev>nil</rev> + <file>notes.xml</file> + </header> + <p>This document describes the changes made to HiPE.</p> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.7.4</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The documentation is now built with open source tools + (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One + visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8201</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Misc updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8301</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.7.3</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Various small bugs (one involving the handling of large + binaries) were corrected and some additions to its + functionality and/or code cleanups were done.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8189</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.7.2</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Miscellanous updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8038</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.7.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Minor updates and bug fixes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7958</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + +<section><title>Hipe 3.7</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Miscellaneous updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7877</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.6.9</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The <c>--disable-hipe</c> option for the + <c>configure</c> will now completely disable the hipe + run-time in the emulator, as is the expected + behaviour.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7631</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.6.8</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Minor updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7522</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + +<section><title>Hipe 3.6.7</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Minor changes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7388</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.6.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>A fix for an #include problem which caused the FP + exception test to fail unnecessarily on + debian/glibc-2.7/x86 systems.</p> + <p>Added SIGFPE loop detection to the FP exception test. + This prevents the test from looping indefinitely, which + could happen when the CPU is supported (so we can enable + FP exceptions on it) but the OS isn't (so we can't write + a proper SIGFPE handler). x86 on an unsupported OS is + known to have had this problem.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7254</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + HiPE now also supports little-endian ARM processors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7255</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Hipe 3.6.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + HIPE: Corrected the choice of interface to the send/3 and + setnode/3 BIFs for native-compiled code. Using the + incorrect interface could, in unusual circumstances, lead + to random runtime errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7067</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The HiPE compiler's SPARC backend has been rewritten, + improving its correctness and long-term maintainability.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-7133</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.6.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Minor Makefile changes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6689</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Miscellanous updates.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6738</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.6.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Miscellanous improvements.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6577</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.6.1.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Dialyzer could fail to analyze certain beam files that + used try/catch.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6449 Aux Id: seq10563 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.6.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>HiPE runtime system:</p> + <p>* added notes about supported systems to README</p> + <p>* support 32-bit x86 on FreeBSD</p> + <p>* autoenable HiPE on FreeBSD (32-bit x86) and Solaris + (64-bit x86)</p> + <p>* updated x86 runtime system to support glibc-2.5</p> + <p>* work around probable gcc-4.1.1 bug affecting the x86 + runtime system</p> + <p>HiPE compiler:</p> + <p>* improved performance of integer multiplications on + all platforms</p> + <p>* corrected a code optimisation error in R11B-2 that + broke some bsl/bsr operations on all platforms</p> + <p>* corrected a type error in the ARM backend which + could cause the compiler to crash</p> + <p>* corrected an error in the SPARC backend's naive + register allocator which could throw the compiler into an + infinite loop</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6423</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.6.0</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Support for native code on Solaris 10/AMD64.</p> + <p>Support for native code on FreeBSD/AMD64.</p> + <p>Native code now handles external funs (<c><![CDATA[fun M:F/A]]></c>). Native code can now also apply so-called + tuple-funs (<c><![CDATA[{M,F}]]></c>). (Tuple funs are NOT + recommended for new code; they are deprecated and will be + removed in some future release.)</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6305</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Hipe 3.5.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Improved compilation of receives for the SMP runtime + system.</p> + <p>Improved code quality in HiPE compiler on ARM.</p> + <p>Fix bug in handling of re-raised exceptions in + try-catch.</p> + <p>(HiPE loader) When native code is incompatible with + the current runtime system, fall back to loading the BEAM + code.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6127</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> +</chapter> + |