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authorSandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>2016-01-13 18:27:48 -0500
committerSandra Loosemore <sandra@gcc.gnu.org>2016-01-13 18:27:48 -0500
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invoke.texi (Submodel Options): Rename section to "Machine-Dependent Options" to better reflect its content.
2016-01-13 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com> gcc/ * doc/invoke.texi (Submodel Options): Rename section to "Machine-Dependent Options" to better reflect its content. Rewrite introductory text to remove archaic CPU names. Update references. From-SVN: r232355
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2 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f87423d..555a442 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2016-01-13 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+ * doc/invoke.texi (Submodel Options): Rename section to
+ "Machine-Dependent Options" to better reflect its content.
+ Rewrite introductory text to remove archaic CPU names.
+ Update references.
+
+2016-01-13 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
* doc/invoke.texi (Code Gen Options): Move section up in file,
before target-specific options. Update menu and option summary
to reflect the new section ordering.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index e625eca..070a516 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ only one of these two forms, whichever one is not the default.
Where to find the compiler executable files.
* Code Gen Options:: Specifying conventions for function calls, data layout
and register usage.
-* Submodel Options:: Specifying minor hardware or convention variations,
- such as 68010 vs 68020.
+* Submodel Options:: Target-specific options, such as compiling for a
+ specific processor variant.
* Spec Files:: How to pass switches to sub-processes.
* Environment Variables:: Env vars that affect GCC.
* Precompiled Headers:: Compiling a header once, and using it many times.
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
-fvisibility=@r{[}default@r{|}internal@r{|}hidden@r{|}protected@r{]} @gol
-fstrict-volatile-bitfields -fsync-libcalls}
-@item Machine Dependent Options
-@xref{Submodel Options,,Hardware Models and Configurations}.
+@item Machine-Dependent Options
+@xref{Submodel Options,,Machine-Dependent Options}.
@c This list is ordered alphanumerically by subsection name.
@c Try and put the significant identifier (CPU or system) first,
@c so users have a clue at guessing where the ones they want will be.
@@ -12569,20 +12569,20 @@ the implementation of the @file{libatomic} runtime library.
@end table
@node Submodel Options
-@section Hardware Models and Configurations
+@section Machine-Dependent Options
@cindex submodel options
@cindex specifying hardware config
@cindex hardware models and configurations, specifying
-@cindex machine dependent options
+@cindex target-dependent options
+@cindex machine-dependent options
-Each target machine types can have its own
-special options, starting with @samp{-m}, to choose among various
-hardware models or configurations---for example, 68010 vs 68020,
-floating coprocessor or none. A single installed version of the
-compiler can compile for any model or configuration, according to the
-options specified.
+Each target machine supported by GCC can have its own options---for
+example, to allow you to compile for a particular processor variant or
+ABI, or to control optimizations specific to that machine. By
+convention, the names of machine-specific options start with
+@samp{-m}.
-Some configurations of the compiler also support additional special
+Some configurations of the compiler also support additional target-specific
options, usually for compatibility with other compilers on the same
platform.