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authorMichael Wong <fraggamuffin@gmail.com>2015-02-09 08:37:27 +0000
committerMichael Wong <fraggamuffin@gmail.com>2015-02-09 08:37:27 +0000
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update with Clang OpenMP release notes for 3.6 by Michael Wong
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+OpenMP Language Changes in Clang
+--------------------------------
+
+Clang 3.6 contains codegen for many individual pragmas for OpenMP but combinations are not completed as yet.
+We plan to continue codegen code drop aiming for completion for 3.7. Please see this link for up-to-date
+`status <https://github.com/clang-omp/clang/wiki/Status-of-supported-OpenMP-constructs>_`
+LLVM’s OpenMP runtime library, originally developed by Intel, has been modified to work on ARM, PowerPC,
+as well as X86. The Runtime Library's compatibility with GCC 4.9 is improved
+- missed entry points added, Barrier and fork/join code improved, one more type of barrier enabled.
+Support for ppc64le architecture is now available and automatically detected when using cmake system.
+Using makefile the new "ppc64le" arch type is available.
+Contributors to this work include AMD, Argonne National Lab., IBM, Intel, Texas Instruments, University of Houston and many others.
+
Internal API Changes
--------------------