[PATCH 1/2] NEWS: Add some more news from the 2.41 cycle

[Andreas K. Huettel]

Am Montag, 27. Januar 2025, 13:36:17 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb Adhemerval Zanella Netto:
> 
> On 26/01/25 18:54, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
> > ---
> >  NEWS | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index 93cdc46d9e..61031c73ed 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -9,18 +9,19 @@ Version 2.41
> >  
> >  Major new features:
> >  
> > -* Support for testing a glibc build with a different set of C and C++
> > -  compilers from the C and C++ compilers used to build glibc has been
> > +* Support for testing a glibc build with a set of C and C++ compilers
> > +  different from the C and C++ compilers used to build glibc has been
> >    added:
> > -
> 
> No sure about the new line removal.
> 
> >    $ ../configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"
> >  
> >    This includes support for testing the glibc build with Clang, e.g.,
> > -
> 
> Ditto.

It breaks the reading flow less. Matter of taste though.

> >  
> > +* Significant effort has been put into improving the code generation
> > +  and speed of mathematical functions on AArch64, with regard to the
> > +  Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) and Advanced SIMD (Neon) intrinsics.
> > +
> 
> Maybe add that this is for the vector math library (libmvec).
> 

Done

> > +* Support for memory protection keys on AArch64 systems with enabled
> > +  Stage 1 permission overlays feature as introduced in Armv8.9 / 9.4
> > +  has been added.
> > +
> > +* On PowerPC64, support for the return-oriented programming protection
> > +  instructions added in ISA 3.1 (Power10) has been added, as well as
> > +  function optimizations for Power10.
> > +
> > +* A new architecture type has been introduced internally to better
> > +  support Hygon x86-64 processors.
> > +
> >  Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting
> >  compatibility:
> >  
> 
> Ok.
> 
> 


-- 
Andreas K. Hüttel
dilfridge@gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux developer
(council, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)
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