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@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
functionality, or simply have a lot to talk about), see the `NOTE` below
for adding a new subsection.
+* The Windows installer no longer includes a Visual Studio integration.
+ Instead, a new
+ `LLVM Compiler Toolchain Visual Studio extension <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LLVMExtensions.llvm-toolchain>`
+ is available on the Visual Studio Marketplace. The new integration includes
+ support for Visual Studio 2017.
+
* Libraries have been renamed from 7.0 to 7. This change also impacts
downstream libraries like lldb.
@@ -155,6 +161,26 @@ Changes to the PowerPC Target
During this release ...
+Changes to the SystemZ Target
+-----------------------------
+
+During this release the SystemZ target has:
+
+* Added support for vector registers in inline asm statements.
+
+* Added support for stackmaps, patchpoints, and the anyregcc
+ calling convention.
+
+* Changed the default function alignment to 16 bytes.
+
+* Improved codegen for condition code handling.
+
+* Improved instruction scheduling and microarchitecture tuning for z13/z14.
+
+* Fixed support for generating GCOV coverage data.
+
+* Fixed some codegen bugs.
+
Changes to the X86 Target
-------------------------
@@ -192,6 +218,10 @@ Changes to the DAG infrastructure
* The SETCCE opcode has now been removed in favor of SETCCCARRY.
+* TableGen now supports multi-alternative pattern fragments via the PatFrags
+ class. PatFrag is now derived from PatFrags, which may require minor
+ changes to backends that directly access PatFrag members.
+
External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 7
==========================================