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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index d36b0c2db3..c95f0b8d5c 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -737,8 +737,11 @@ href="http://blog.llvm.org/2010/04/arm-advanced-simd-neon-intrinsics-and.html"> helpful information if migrating code from GCC to LLVM-GCC.</li> <li>The ARM and Thumb code generators now use register scavenging for stack - object address materialization.(FIXME: WHAT BENEFIT DOES THIS PROVIDE?)</li> - + object address materialization. This allows the use of R3 as a general + purpose register in Thumb1 code, as it was previous reserved for use in + stack address materialization. Secondly, sequential uses of the same + value will now re-use the materialized constant.</li> + <li>The ARM backend now has good support for ARMv4 targets and has been tested on StrongARM hardware. Previously, LLVM only supported ARMv4T and newer chips.</li> |