be inlined in JIT-compiled code, unlike calls to functions bound via
the classic Lua/C API.
</p>
-<p>
+<p><em>
This page gives a short introduction to the usage of the FFI library.
-Please use the FFI sub-topics in the navigation bar to learn more.
-</p>
+<em>Please use the FFI sub-topics in the navigation bar to learn more.</em>
+</em></p>
<h2 id="call">Motivating Example: Calling External C Functions</h2>
<p>
background.
</p>
<p class="indent" style="color: #c00000;">
-Please note: this is the first public release of the FFI library. This
+Please note: this is an early public release of the FFI library. This
does not comprise the final specification for the FFI semantics, yet.
Some of the semantics may need to be changed, based on feedback from
developers. Please <a href="contact.html">report</a> any problems you
<dd>Because it's a compiler — it needs to generate native
machine code. This means the code generator must be ported to each
architecture. And the fast interpreter is written in assembler and
-must be ported, too. This is quite an undertaking.<br> Currently only
-x86, x64 and PPC/e500v2 CPUs are supported. Other architectures will follow
-based on sufficient user demand and/or sponsoring.</dd>
+must be ported, too. This is quite an undertaking.<br>
+The <a href="install.html">install documentation</a> shows the supported
+architectures. Other architectures will follow based on sufficient user
+demand and/or sponsoring.</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
like cross-builds:
<tt>BUILDMODE, CC, HOST_CC, STATIC_CC, DYNAMIC_CC, CFLAGS, HOST_CFLAGS,
TARGET_CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, HOST_LDFLAGS, TARGET_LDFLAGS, TARGET_SHLDFLAGS,
-LIBS, HOST_LIBS, TARGET_LIBS, CROSS, HOST_SYS, TARGET_SYS</tt></li>
+TARGET_FLAGS, LIBS, HOST_LIBS, TARGET_LIBS, CROSS, HOST_SYS, TARGET_SYS
+</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
The build system has a special target for an amalgamated build, i.e.
<p>
LuaJIT offers more performance, at the expense of portability. It
currently runs on all popular operating systems based on
-<b>x86</b> or <b>x64 CPUs</b> (Linux, Windows, OSX etc.) or embedded Linux
-systems based on <b>PPC/e500v2 CPUs</b>.
+<b>x86</b> or <b>x64</b> CPUs (Linux, Windows, OSX etc.) or embedded
+systems based on <b>ARM</b> (Android, iOS) or <b>PPC/e500v2</b> CPUs.
Other platforms will be supported in the future, based on user demand
and sponsoring.
</p>