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LLVM support on 64-bit POWER systems
Summary
Power Systems needs to ensure that LLVM supports the platform.
Owner
- Name: Phil Knirsch
- Name: David Cantrell
- Name: Jeff Scheel
- Email: scheel@us.ibm.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: 2012-07-24
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
IBM Power Systems will be working in Fedora 18 to test, stabilize, and complete any missing features for LLVM for 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Work will include both statically compiled applications (with clang) and dynamic or JIT'd applications as used by LLVMpipe.
This work is ultimately about parity of Power Systems platform. No new feature/function is anticipated.
Benefit to Fedora
Consistency between hardware platforms.
Scope
No new features/functions. Simple platform parity for IBM Power Systems.
How To Test
Existing tests should execute to parity with x86 platforms.
User Experience
Primary focus is functional parity.
Dependencies
None.
Contingency Plan
None necessary, revert to previous release behavior.
Documentation
Existing LLVM documentation should be updated, if necessary, to indicate it works for ppc64 as it does for x86.