From 041e6c9fbe2a3f80fb2c4b52e569ec5a4336e1a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Lattner
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 02:04:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about IA64 C++
llvm-svn: 14903
---
llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
index d1759f1c539b..ef2f95eb603e 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
@@ -628,6 +628,13 @@ Please report any bugs or problems.
The C++ front-end inherits all problems afflicting the C
front-end.
+
+IA64 note: The C++ front-end does not use IA64 ABI compliant layout of vtables.
+In particular, it just stores function pointers instead of function
+descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents mixing C++ code compiled with
+LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++ compilers.
+