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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 6e9e403a84..3df21ea44a 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -545,52 +545,6 @@ programs.</li> <a name="c-fe">Known problems with the C front-end</a> </div> -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the Ada front-end</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> -The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well, however this is not a mature -technology and problems should be expected. -<ul> -<li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on x86-32. This is mainly due -to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms, -however it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on x86-64</a> -which does support trampolines.</li> -<li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>. -Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li> -<li>The c380004 and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a> ACATS tests -fail (c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).</li> -<li>Many gcc specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li> -<li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces) -<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs -crashing if an exception is raised. Workaround: do not use -E.</li> -<li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start -or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record. Workaround: do not pack records -or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type -starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li> -<li>The lli interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers 'main' -as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>. -Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for argv and envp rather than -integers.</li> -<li>The -fstack-check option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is ignored</a>.</li> -</ul> -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the Fortran front-end</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<ul> -<li>The llvm-gcc 4.2 gfortran front-end supports a broad range of Fortran code, but does -<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1971">not support EQUIVALENCE yet</a>.</li> -</ul> -</div> - <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> <div class="doc_subsubsection">Bugs</div> @@ -722,6 +676,53 @@ It works well for x86-64 darwin but not x86-64 linux.</li> +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<div class="doc_subsection"> + <a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the Ada front-end</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> +The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well, however this is not a mature +technology and problems should be expected. +<ul> +<li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on x86-32. This is mainly due +to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms, +however it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on x86-64</a> +which does support trampolines.</li> +<li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>. +Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li> +<li>The c380004 and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a> ACATS tests +fail (c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).</li> +<li>Many gcc specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li> +<li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces) +<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs +crashing if an exception is raised. Workaround: do not use -E.</li> +<li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start +or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record. Workaround: do not pack records +or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type +starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li> +<li>The lli interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers 'main' +as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>. +Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for argv and envp rather than +integers.</li> +<li>The -fstack-check option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is ignored</a>.</li> +</ul> +</div> + +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<div class="doc_subsection"> + <a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the Fortran front-end</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> + +<ul> +<li>The llvm-gcc 4.2 gfortran front-end supports a broad range of Fortran code, but does +<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1971">not support EQUIVALENCE yet</a>.</li> +</ul> +</div> + + <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div class="doc_section"> <a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a> |