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| author | Torbjorn Granlund <torbjorng@google.com> | 2015-03-15 00:20:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Torbjorn Granlund <torbjorng@google.com> | 2015-03-15 00:20:54 +0100 |
| commit | 99abbd059762695e69bafcf6006a01309824543f (patch) | |
| tree | 27add09ae64aae9461ae95c6ccaec4b2c56c9ef1 /NEWS | |
| parent | 55b35a929eb9a6a57db5e36f79654926363c4163 (diff) | |
| download | gmp-99abbd059762695e69bafcf6006a01309824543f.tar.gz | |
Updates for 6.1.0.
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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Copyright 1996, 1999-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright 1996, 1999-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. @@ -9,8 +9,22 @@ Changes between GMP version 6.0.* and 6.1.0 FEATURES * New C++ functions gcd and lcm for mpz_class. - * Support for Darwin in all x86 code, including in fat builds. + * Support for Darwin in all x86 code, thereby enabling fat builds on Darwin. + * Improved arm64 support. + + * Support for more arm processors. + + * Support compilation with clang/llvm for more platforms. Caution: GMP + triggers mis-compilation bugs in clang for many platforms, such as arm, x86 + (32-bit and 64-bit), powerpc, mips. + + * Support for AVX-less modern x86 CPUs, either because the CPU vendor chose + to disable it, or because the running kernel lacks AVX context switch + support. + + * Stack usage trimmed; we believe 512 KiB is now sufficient for any GMP call, + irrespective of operand size. Changes between GMP version 5.1.* and 6.0.0 |