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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html index c201b91d3c..4a1a5f027a 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ other situations. <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div class="doc_section"> - <a name="externalproj">External Projects Using LLVM 2.6</a> + <a name="externalproj">External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 2.6</a> </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> @@ -437,6 +437,23 @@ remove type checks, then LLVM is used to compile the bytecode down to machine code.</p> </div> +<!--=========================================================================--> +<div class="doc_subsection"> +<a name="icedtea">IcedTea Java Virtual Machine Implementation</a> +</div> + +<div class="doc_text"> +<p> +<a href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page">IcedTea</a> provides a +harness to build OpenJDK using only free software build tools and to provide +replacements for the not-yet free parts of OpenJDK. One of the extensions that +IcedTea provides is a new JIT compiler named <a +href="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/ZeroSharkFaq">Shark</a> which uses LLVM +to provide native code generation without introducing processor-dependent +code. +</p> +</div> + <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |