[commit: ghc] ghc-7.10: docs: Add mention of prefetch API changes (#9937) (aafc415)

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On branch  : ghc-7.10
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/aafc41589a38e71d8f9f84c603f19d3e22553268/ghc

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commit aafc41589a38e71d8f9f84c603f19d3e22553268
Author: Austin Seipp <aseipp at pobox.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 2 14:16:10 2015 -0600

    docs: Add mention of prefetch API changes (#9937)
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <aseipp at pobox.com>


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aafc41589a38e71d8f9f84c603f19d3e22553268
 docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml
index 16f113f..4a84db9 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml
@@ -676,6 +676,18 @@ echo "[]" > package.conf
                     Version number 0.3.1.0 (was 0.3.1.0)
                </para>
            </listitem>
+            <listitem>
+                <para>
+                    The low-level prefetch API exported by
+                    <literal>GHC.Prim</literal> (added in GHC 7.8) has
+                    been overhauled to use <literal>State#</literal>
+                    parameters to serialize and thread state around.
+               </para>
+                <para>
+                    This API is still considered experimental, and
+                    will be prone to change.
+               </para>
+           </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
     </sect3>