Wed Jan 13 15:54:53 CET 2010 Paolo Molaro <lupus@ximian.com>

[mono.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -267,10 +267,12 @@ This is Mono.
 
                This defaults to `yes'.
 
 
                This defaults to `yes'.
 

-       --with-preview=yes,no
+       --with-profile2=yes,no

 
 

-               Whether you want to build libraries that are still not
-               completed (The 2.0 APIs).   It defaults to `yes'.
+               Whether you want to build the 2.x libraries (support
+               for Generics and the 2.0/3.5 APIS).
+
+               It defaults to `yes'.

 
        --with-moonlight=yes,no
 
 
        --with-moonlight=yes,no
 


@@ -322,6 +324,11 @@ This is Mono.
                        Disables support for the Ahead of Time
                        compilation.
 
                        Disables support for the Ahead of Time
                        compilation.
 

+               attach:
+                       Support for the Mono.Management assembly and the
+                       VMAttach API (allowing code to be injected into
+                       a target VM)
+

                com:
                        Disables COM support.
 
                com:
                        Disables COM support.
 


@@ -331,6 +338,12 @@ This is Mono.
                decimal:
                        Disables support for System.Decimal.
 
                decimal:
                        Disables support for System.Decimal.
 

+               full_messages:
+                       By default Mono comes with a full table
+                       of messages for error codes.   This feature
+                       turns off uncommon error messages and reduces
+                       the runtime size.
+

                generics:
                        Generics support.  Disabling this will not
                        allow Mono to run any 2.0 libraries or
                generics:
                        Generics support.  Disabling this will not
                        allow Mono to run any 2.0 libraries or


@@ -353,6 +366,11 @@ This is Mono.
                        disabling this will drop support for any
                        libraries using DllImport.
 
                        disabling this will drop support for any
                        libraries using DllImport.
 

+               portability:
+                       Removes support for MONO_IOMAP, the environment
+                       variables for simplifying porting applications that 
+                       are case-insensitive and that mix the Unix and Windows path separators.
+

                profiler:
                        Disables support for the default profiler.
 
                profiler:
                        Disables support for the default profiler.
 


@@ -364,6 +382,11 @@ This is Mono.
                        assemblies (AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save) in
                        System.Reflection.Emit.
 
                        assemblies (AssemblyBuilderAccess.Save) in
                        System.Reflection.Emit.
 

+               shadow_copy:
+                       Disables support for AppDomain's shadow copies
+                       (you can disable this if you do not plan on 
+                       using appdomains).
+

                simd:
                        Disables support for the Mono.SIMD intrinsics
                        library.
                simd:
                        Disables support for the Mono.SIMD intrinsics
                        library.


@@ -373,6 +396,19 @@ This is Mono.
                        framework, and the various SSA-based
                        optimizations.
 
                        framework, and the various SSA-based
                        optimizations.
 

+       --enable-llvm
+
+               This enables the use of LLVM as a code generation engine
+               for Mono.  The LLVM code generator and optimizer will be 
+               used instead of Mono's built-in code generator for both
+               Just in Time and Ahead of Time compilations.
+
+               See the http://www.mono-project.com/Mono_LLVM for the 
+               full details and up-to-date information on this feature.
+
+               You will need to have an LLVM built that Mono can link
+               against
+

        --enable-big-arrays
 
                This enables the use arrays whose indexes are larger
        --enable-big-arrays
 
                This enables the use arrays whose indexes are larger


@@ -499,3 +535,4 @@ This is Mono.
                independent checkout) from the Mono module, that
                directory is automatically configured to share the
                same prefix than this module gets.
                independent checkout) from the Mono module, that
                directory is automatically configured to share the
                same prefix than this module gets.

+