[Patch, wwwdocs] Update 4.4 release notes for Fortran & OpenMP

Sebastian Pop sebpop@gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 20:01:00 GMT 2008


On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Tobias Burnus <burnus@net-b.de> wrote:
> PS: I miss a release note entry for Graphite / -floop-block,
> -floop-interchange, -floop-strip-mine.

Here is a patch for these options.  Ok to install?

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        the new array size and the original switch branches does not exceed
        the parameter <code>--param switch-conversion-max-branch-ratio</code>
        (default is eight).  </li>
+
+     <li>The <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite">Graphite</a>
+       branch has been merged.  This merge has brought in a new
+       framework for loop optimizations based on a polyhedral
+       intermediate representation.  The following new code
+       transformations are available in GCC 4.4:<br />
+
+       <ul>
+         <li>Loop blocking: <code>-floop-block</code> </li>
+         <li>Loop interchange: <code>-floop-interchange</code> </li>
+         <li>Loop strip mining: <code>-floop-strip-mine</code> </li>
+       </ul>
+     </li>
    </ul>

  <h2>New Languages and Language specific improvements</h2>



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