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From: <sv...@va...> - 2005-03-24 03:42:44
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Author: sewardj Date: 2005-03-24 03:42:41 +0000 (Thu, 24 Mar 2005) New Revision: 92 Modified: trunk/downloads/source_code.html Log: * Fix the 2.4.0 wording a bit more. * Get rid of the Limitations section; it was very out-of-date. Modified: trunk/downloads/source_code.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --- trunk/downloads/source_code.html 2005-03-24 03:36:31 UTC (rev 91) +++ trunk/downloads/source_code.html 2005-03-24 03:42:41 UTC (rev 92) @@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ <span class=3D"md5sum">md5: 1d0bd81d368789946d32d18a468ea0cf</span> </p> =20 -<p>Compared to the 2.2.0 stable release, 2.4.0 has much improved +<p>Compared to the 2.2.0 stable release, 2.4.0 has improved signals/syscalls/threads support, works well on recent Linux distros, -and reduced memory consumption running Memcheck/Addrcheck. There are -many other improvements and refinements, and dozens of bug fixes, -listed in the NEWS file.</p> +has reduced memory consumption running Memcheck/Addrcheck, and has +better memory-leak detection. There are many other improvements and +refinements, and dozens of bug fixes, listed in the NEWS file. +</p> =20 <p>2.4.0 builds and runs its regression tests on: Red Hat 7.3, Fedora Core 3, SuSE 9.1 and 9.2. We believe it should @@ -67,30 +68,9 @@ =20 <h3>System Requirements</h3> =20 -<p>Programs running under Valgrind run significantly more slowly, -and use much more memory -- e.g. more than twice as much as -normal under the Memcheck tool. Therefore, it's best to have a -machine that runs your normal applications very comfortably.</p> +<p>Programs running under Valgrind run significantly more slowly, and +use much more memory -- e.g. more than twice as much as normal under +the Memcheck tool. Therefore, it's best to use Valgrind on the most +capable machine you can get your hands on. +</p> =20 - - -<h3>Limitations</h3> - -<p>The <a href=3D"/docs/manual/manual.html">manual</a> contains a -complete list of=20 -<a href=3D"/docs/manual/coregrind_core.html#limits">limitations</a>,=20 -the most significant of which are:</p> - -<ul> - <li>Incomplete support for SIMD instructions. 2.0.0 has complete - MMX support, and pretty good SSE/SSE2 support, but some - instructions are still not handled. 3DNow! (rapidly becoming - 3DThen!) is not supported at all.</li> - <li>Support for non-POSIX signal stuff is flaky. If you stick to - POSIX signals you should be ok.</li> -</ul> - - -<p>As always, the <a href=3D"/docs/manual/manual.html">manual</a> -is the source of all detailed info.</p> - |