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1VIXL Change Log
2===============
3
4* 1.12
5    + Bug fixes for toolchain compatibility.
6
7* 1.11
8    + Fix bug in simulation of add with carry.
9    + Fix use-after-free bug in Literal handling.
10    + Build system updates for Android.
11    + Add option to run test.py under Valgrind.
12    + Other small bug fixes and improvements.
13
14* 1.10
15    + Improved support for externally managed literals.
16    + Reworked build and test infrastructure.
17    + Other small bug fixes and improvements.
18
19* 1.9
20    + Improved compatibility with Android build system.
21    + Improved compatibility with Clang toolchain.
22    + Added support for `umulh` instruction.
23    + Added support for `fcmpe` and `fccmpe` instructions.
24    + Other small bug fixes and improvements.
25
26* 1.8
27    + Complete NEON instruction set support.
28    + Support long branches using veneers.
29    + Improved handling of literal pools.
30    + Support some `ic` and `dc` cache op instructions.
31    + Support CRC32 instructions.
32    + Support half-precision floating point instructions.
33    + MacroAssembler support for `bfm`, `ubfm` and `sbfm`.
34    + Other small bug fixes and improvements.
35
36* 1.7
37    + Added support for `prfm` prefetch instructions.
38    + Added support for all `frint` instruction variants.
39    + Add support for disassembling as an offset from a given address.
40    + Fixed the disassembly of `movz` and `movn`.
41    + Provide static helpers for immediate generation.
42    + Provide helpers to create CPURegList from list unions or intersections.
43    + Improved register value tracing.
44    + Multithreading test fixes.
45    + Other small bug fixes and build system improvements.
46
47* 1.6
48    + Make literal pool management the responsibility of the macro assembler.
49    + Move code buffer management out of the Assembler.
50    + Support `ldrsw` for literals.
51    + Support binding a label to a specific offset.
52    + Add macro assembler support for load/store pair with arbitrary offset.
53    + Support Peek and Poke for CPURegLists.
54    + Fix disassembly of branch targets.
55    + Fix Decoder visitor insertion order.
56    + Separate Decoder visitors into const and non-const variants.
57    + Fix simulator for branches to tagged addresses.
58    + Add a VIM YouCompleteMe configuration file.
59    + Other small bug fixes and build system improvements.
60
61* 1.5
62    + Tagged pointer support.
63    + Implement support for exclusive access instructions.
64    + Implement support for `adrp` instruction.
65    + Faster code for logical immediate identification.
66    + Generate better code for immediates passed to shift-capable instructions.
67    + Allow explicit use of unscaled-offset loads and stores.
68    + Build and test infrastructure improvements.
69    + Corrected computation of cache line size.
70    + Fix simulation of `extr` instruction.
71    + Fixed a bug when moving kWMinInt to a register.
72    + Other small bug fixes.
73
74* 1.4
75    + Added support for `frintm`.
76    + Fixed simulation of `frintn` and `frinta` for corner cases.
77    + Added more tests for floating point instruction simulation.
78    + Modified `CalleeSave()` and `CalleeRestore()` to push general purpose
79      registers before floating point registers on the stack.
80    + Fixed Printf for mixed argument types, and use on real hardware.
81    + Improved compatibility with some 32-bit compilers.
82
83* 1.3
84    + Address inaccuracies in the simulated floating point instructions.
85    + Implement Default-NaN floating point mode.
86    + Introduce `UseScratchRegisterScope` for controlling the use of temporary
87      registers.
88    + Enable building VIXL on 32-bit hosts.
89    + Other small bug fixes and improvements.
90
91* 1.2
92    + Added support for `fmadd`, `fnmadd`, `fnmsub`, `fminnm`, `fmaxnm`,
93      `frinta`, `fcvtau` and `fcvtas`.
94    + Added support for assembling and disassembling `isb`, `dsb` and `dmb`.
95    + Added support for automatic inversion of compare instructions when using
96      negative immediates.
97    + Added support for using `movn` when generating immediates.
98    + Added explicit flag-setting 'S' instructions, and removed
99      `SetFlags` and `LeaveFlags` arguments.
100    + Added support for `Movk` in macro assembler.
101    + Added support for W register parameters to `Tbz` and `Tbnz`.
102    + Added support for using immediate operands with `Csel`.
103    + Added new debugger syntax for memory inspection.
104    + Fixed `smull`, `fmsub` and `sdiv` simulation.
105    + Fixed sign extension for W->X conversions using `sxtb`, `sxth` and `sxtw`.
106    + Prevented code generation for certain side-effect free operations,
107      such as `add r, r, #0`, in the macro assembler.
108    + Other small bug fixes.
109
110* 1.1
111    + Improved robustness of instruction decoder and disassembler.
112    + Added support for double-to-float conversions using `fcvt`.
113    + Added support for more fixed-point to floating-point conversions (`ucvtf`
114      and `scvtf`).
115    + Added instruction statistics collection class `instrument-a64.cc`.
116
117* 1.0
118    + Initial release.
119