From 13431f304ae979a3d1f4e1b44f7e4881f7e69f6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sandra Loosemore Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:27:48 -0500 Subject: invoke.texi (Submodel Options): Rename section to "Machine-Dependent Options" to better reflect its content. 2016-01-13 Sandra Loosemore 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 --- gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 26 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'gcc/doc') 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. -- cgit v1.1