install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit hosted cross-compilers generati...

	* doc/install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit
	hosted cross-compilers generating less efficient code.

From-SVN: r143147

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index ff5d6f53a93e45c497effac1aceb13e553ae2dad..a8a606a496c8465d029c671ed370c1ee5b3e5ad1 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-07  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+
+       * doc/install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit
+       hosted cross-compilers generating less efficient code.
+
 2009-01-06  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
        * function.h (rtl_data): Add a dbr_scheduled_p field.

diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 5bf25a13133b08477600ec7b44d2357bdd4f4c4f..094353b667a11245ebc3b03e92a8251ccd18f904 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -2798,14 +2798,6 @@ the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}.  If you install a
 new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
 stamp.
 
-Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
-32-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
-when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
-optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
-target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed.  Building
-cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
-a few cases and may not work properly.
-
 @samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
 @option{-save-temps} to @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}.  On these systems, the name
 of the assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes