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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 4078f33..730d14e 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-11-01 David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> + + * doc/install.texi (Specific, sparc-sun-solaris2*): Bring + 64-bit Sparc description more in line with reality. + 2001-11-01 Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> * Makefile.in (GCOV_OBJS): Add version.o. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index d260a0d..cffd914 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3304,16 +3304,13 @@ This is Sun bug 4237974. This is fixed with patch 108908-02 for Solaris starting with Solaris 7. Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing -64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.0 doesn't properly support this yet. -Although some patches or recipes to enable this support have been posted -to various newsgroups and mailing lists, we recommend against using -them, since the compiler may either crash or, worse, silently generate -bad code. If you really need this capability now, you might try a CVS -version of GCC 3.1, which will fully support this. If all you want is -code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you should try the -@option{-mtune=ultrasparc} option instead, which should be safe from -those bugs and produce code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run -on non-UltraSPARC machines. +64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later should properly support +this. GCC 3.0 lacks the infrastructure necessary to support this +configuration properly. However, if all you want is code tuned for +the UltraSPARC CPU, you should try the @option{-mtune=ultrasparc} +option instead, which should be safe from those bugs and produce code +that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC +machines. @html </p> |