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authorJF Bastien <jfb@chromium.org>2015-02-02 10:02:31 -0800
committerJF Bastien <jfb@chromium.org>2015-02-02 18:05:10 +0000
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NaCl docs: an update on AVX
NaCl now supports AVX2. R=shyamsundarr@chromium.org TBR=jmedley@chromium.org, shyamsundarr@chromium.org BUG= https://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/issues/detail?id=3637 Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/888313002 Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#314166}
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diff --git a/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/faq.html b/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/faq.html
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@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@ Client has transitioned from using NPAPI to using Pepper.</p>
<h3 id="is-npapi-part-of-the-native-client-sdk">Is NPAPI part of the Native Client SDK?</h3>
<p>NPAPI is not supported by the Native Client SDK, and is <a class="reference external" href="http://blog.chromium.org/2013/09/saying-goodbye-to-our-old-friend-npapi.html">deprecated in Chrome</a>.</p>
<h3 id="does-native-client-support-simd-vector-instructions">Does Native Client support SIMD vector instructions?</h3>
-<p>Native Client currently supports SSE on x86 and NEON on ARM. Support for
-AVX on x86 is under way.</p>
<p>Portable Native Client supports portable SIMD vectors, as detailed in
<a class="reference internal" href="/native-client/reference/pnacl-c-cpp-language-support.html#portable-simd-vectors"><em>Portable SIMD Vectors</em></a>.</p>
+<p>Native Client supports SSE, AVX1, FMA3 and AVX2 (except for <cite>VGATHER</cite>) on x86
+and NEON on ARM.</p>
<h3 id="can-i-use-native-client-for-3d-graphics">Can I use Native Client for 3D graphics?</h3>
<p>Yes. Native Client supports <a class="reference external" href="https://www.khronos.org/opengles/">OpenGL ES 2.0</a>.</p>
<p>To alert the user regarding their hardware platform&#8217;s 3D feature set
diff --git a/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/sdk/release-notes.html b/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/sdk/release-notes.html
index bfbc254..82661cf 100644
--- a/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/sdk/release-notes.html
+++ b/native_client_sdk/doc_generated/sdk/release-notes.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ reached canary status. The stable release is typically 6 weeks later.</p>
<h2 id="chrome-pepper-42-20-february-2015">Chrome/Pepper 42 (20 February 2015)</h2>
<h3 id="nacl">NaCl</h3>
<ul class="small-gap">
-<li>The x86 NaCl validators accept instructions from the FMA3 extensions.</li>
+<li>The x86 NaCl validators accept instructions from the FMA3 extensions, as well
+as AVX2 instructions (except <cite>VGATHER</cite>).</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="pnacl">PNaCl</h3>
<ul class="small-gap">