[svn-commits] kmoore: branch 1.8 r370081 - in /branches/1.8: CHANGES UPGRADE.txt

[SVN commits to the Digium repositories]

Author: kmoore
Date: Mon Jul 16 08:44:38 2012
New Revision: 370081

URL: http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk?view=rev&rev=370081
Log:
Add comments about the BUILD_NATIVE change

This is a significant change and mention of it should have gone into
UPGRADE.txt and CHANGES.

Modified:
    branches/1.8/CHANGES
    branches/1.8/UPGRADE.txt

Modified: branches/1.8/CHANGES
URL: http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.8/CHANGES?view=diff&rev=370081&r1=370080&r2=370081
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--- branches/1.8/CHANGES (original)
+++ branches/1.8/CHANGES Mon Jul 16 08:44:38 2012
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
 === and the other UPGRADE files for older releases.
 ===
 ======================================================================
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--- Functionality changes since Asterisk 1.8.12.0 ----------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Build System
+------------
+ * The optimization portion of the build system has been reworked to avoid
+   broken builds on certain architectures.  All architecture-specific
+   optimization has been removed in favor of using -march=native to allow gcc
+   to detect the environment in which it is running when possible.  This can
+   be toggled as BUILD_NATIVE under "Compiler Flags" in menuselect.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --- Functionality changes since Asterisk 1.8.10.0 ----------------------------

Modified: branches/1.8/UPGRADE.txt
URL: http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.8/UPGRADE.txt?view=diff&rev=370081&r1=370080&r2=370081
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--- branches/1.8/UPGRADE.txt (original)
+++ branches/1.8/UPGRADE.txt Mon Jul 16 08:44:38 2012
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 ===
 ===========================================================
 
+From 1.8.12 to 1.8.13:
+* The complex processor detection and optimization has been removed from
+  the makefile in favor of using native optimization suppport when available.
+  BUILD_NATIVE can be disabled via menuselect under "Compiler Flags".
+
 From 1.8.11 to 1.8.12:
 * In AEL dialplans, the "h" extension will now be inherited from prior
   calling contexts, just as it had in 1.4.  If you have created an AEL