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diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 96ae614..ab82fea 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ information are. @item @uref{#ix86-x-linux,,i?86-*-linux*} @item -@uref{#ix86-x-solaris289,,i?86-*-solaris2.[89]} +@uref{#ix86-x-solaris289,,i?86-*-solaris2.9} @item @uref{#ix86-x-solaris210,,i?86-*-solaris2.10} @item @@ -3551,8 +3551,8 @@ found on @uref{http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/,,www.bitwizard.nl}. @html <hr /> @end html -@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris289}i?86-*-solaris2.[89] -The Sun assembler in Solaris 8 and 9 has several bugs and limitations. +@heading @anchor{ix86-x-solaris29}i?86-*-solaris2.9 +The Sun assembler in Solaris 9 has several bugs and limitations. While GCC works around them, several features are missing, so it is @c FIXME: which ones? recommended to use the GNU assembler instead. There is no bundled @@ -3562,9 +3562,9 @@ work. Solaris@tie{}2/x86 doesn't support the execution of SSE/SSE2 instructions before Solaris@tie{}9 4/04, even if the CPU supports them. Programs will receive @code{SIGILL} if they try. The fix is available both in -Solaris@tie{}9 Update@tie{}6 and kernel patch 112234-12 or newer. There is no -corresponding patch for Solaris 8. To avoid this problem, -@option{-march} defaults to @samp{pentiumpro} on Solaris 8 and 9. If +Solaris@tie{}9 Update@tie{}6 and kernel patch 112234-12 or newer. To +avoid this problem, +@option{-march} defaults to @samp{pentiumpro} on Solaris 9. If you have the patch installed, you can configure GCC with an appropriate @option{--with-arch} option, but need GNU @command{as} for SSE2 support. @@ -4066,9 +4066,8 @@ supported as cross-compilation target only. @c alone is too unspecific and must be avoided. @heading @anchor{x-x-solaris2}*-*-solaris2* -Support for Solaris 8 has been obsoleted in GCC 4.7, but can still be -enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be -removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed in GCC 4.6. +Support for Solaris 8 has removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has +been removed in GCC 4.6. Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2 before Solaris 10, though you can download the Sun Studio compilers for free. In Solaris 10 and @@ -4141,13 +4140,6 @@ newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers assume that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for C90 but is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also. -@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option -@option{-fpermissive}; it will assume that any missing type is @code{int} -(as defined by C90). - -There are patches for Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC, -108653-22 for Intel) that fix this bug. - Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn't affect GCC itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the @command{expect} @@ -4155,27 +4147,19 @@ program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug causes the @command{expect} program to miss anticipated output, extra testsuite failures appear. -There are patches for Solaris 8 (117350-12 or newer for SPARC, -117351-12 or newer for Intel) and Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for +There are patches for Solaris 9 (117171-11 or newer for SPARC, 117172-11 or newer for Intel) that address this problem. -Solaris@tie{}8 provides an alternate implementation of the thread -library @samp{libthread}. It is required for TLS support and has -been made the default in Solaris@tie{}9, so it is always used on -Solaris@tie{}8. - -Thread-local storage (TLS) is supported in Solaris@tie{}8 and 9, but requires +Thread-local storage (TLS) is supported in Solaris@tie{}9, but requires some patches. The @samp{libthread} patches provide the @code{__tls_get_addr} (SPARC, 64-bit x86) resp.@ @code{___tls_get_addr} -(32-bit x86) functions. On Solaris@tie{}8, you need 108993-26 or newer on -SPARC, 108994-26 or newer on Intel. On Solaris@tie{}9, the necessary support +(32-bit x86) functions. On Solaris@tie{}9, the necessary support on SPARC is present since FCS, while 114432-05 or newer is required on -Intel. Additionally, on Solaris@tie{}8, patch 109147-14 or newer on SPARC or -109148-22 or newer on Intel are required for the Sun @command{ld} and -runtime linker (@command{ld.so.1}) support. Again, Solaris@tie{}9/SPARC -works since FCS, while 113986-02 is required on Intel. The linker +Intel. Additionally, on Solaris@tie{}9/x86, patch 113986-02 or newer is +required for the Sun @command{ld} and runtime linker (@command{ld.so.1}) +support, while Solaris@tie{}9/SPARC works since FCS. The linker patches must be installed even if GNU @command{ld} is used. Sun -@command{as} in Solaris@tie{}8 and 9 doesn't support the necessary +@command{as} in Solaris@tie{}9 doesn't support the necessary relocations, so GNU @command{as} must be used. The @command{configure} script checks for those prerequisites and automatically enables TLS support if they are met. Although those minimal patch versions should |