[AArch64 Documentation] Clarify meaning of -mcpu, -mtune, -march

gcc/

	* doc/invoke.texi (-march): Clarify documentation for AArch64.
	(-mtune): Likewise.
	(-mcpu): Likewise.

From-SVN: r206840

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-01-20  James Greenhalgh  <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
+
+       * doc/invoke.texi (-march): Clarify documentation for AArch64.
+       (-mtune): Likewise.
+       (-mcpu): Likewise.
+
 2014-01-20  Tejas Belagod  <tejas.belagod@arm.com>
 
        * config/aarch64/aarch64-protos.h

diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
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--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
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@@ -11379,46 +11379,56 @@ of TLS variables.
 Specify the name of the target architecture, optionally suffixed by one or
 more feature modifiers.  This option has the form
 @option{-march=@var{arch}@r{@{}+@r{[}no@r{]}@var{feature}@r{@}*}}, where the
-only value for @var{arch} is @samp{armv8-a}.  The possible values for
-@var{feature} are documented in the sub-section below.
+only permissible value for @var{arch} is @samp{armv8-a}.  The permissible
+values for @var{feature} are documented in the sub-section below.
 
 Where conflicting feature modifiers are specified, the right-most feature is
 used.
 
 GCC uses this name to determine what kind of instructions it can emit when
-generating assembly code.  This option can be used in conjunction with or
-instead of the @option{-mcpu=} option.
+generating assembly code.
+
+Where @option{-march} is specified without either of @option{-mtune}
+or @option{-mcpu} also being specified, the code will be tuned to perform
+well across a range of target processors implementing the target
+architecture.
+
+@item -mtune=@var{name}
+@opindex mtune
+Specify the name of the target processor for which GCC should tune the
+performance of the code.  Permissible values for this option are:
+@samp{generic}, @samp{cortex-a53}, @samp{cortex-a57}.
+
+Additionally, this option can specify that GCC should tune the performance
+of the code for a big.LITTLE system.  The only permissible value is
+@samp{cortex-a57.cortex-a53}.
+
+Where none of @option{-mtune=}, @option{-mcpu=} or @option{-march=}
+are specified, the code will be tuned to perform well across a range
+of target processors.
+
+This option cannot be suffixed by feature modifiers.
 
 @item -mcpu=@var{name}
 @opindex mcpu
 Specify the name of the target processor, optionally suffixed by one or more
 feature modifiers.  This option has the form
 @option{-mcpu=@var{cpu}@r{@{}+@r{[}no@r{]}@var{feature}@r{@}*}}, where the
-possible values for @var{cpu} are @samp{generic}, @samp{cortex-a53},
-@samp{cortex-a57}.  The possible values for @var{feature} are documented
-in the sub-section below.
+permissible values for @var{cpu} are the same as those available for
+@option{-mtune}.
 
-Additionally, this option can specify that the target is a big.LITTLE system.
-The only possible value is @samp{cortex-a57.cortex-a53}.
+The permissible values for @var{feature} are documented in the sub-section
+below.
 
 Where conflicting feature modifiers are specified, the right-most feature is
 used.
 
 GCC uses this name to determine what kind of instructions it can emit when
-generating assembly code.
-
-@item -mtune=@var{name}
-@opindex mtune
-Specify the name of the processor to tune the performance for.  The code will
-be tuned as if the target processor were of the type specified in this option,
-but still using instructions compatible with the target processor specified
-by a @option{-mcpu=} option.  Where no @option{-mtune=} option is
-specified, the code will be tuned to perform well on the target processor
-given by @option{-mcpu=} or @option{-march=}.  Where none of
-@option{-mtune=}, @option{-mcpu=} or @option{-march=} are specified,
-the code will be tuned to perform well across a range of target
-processors.  This option cannot be suffixed by feature modifiers.
-
+generating assembly code (as if by @option{-march}) and to determine
+the target processor for which to tune for performance (as if
+by @option{-mtune}).  Where this option is used in conjunction
+with @option{-march} or @option{-mtune}, those options take precedence
+over the appropriate part of this option.
 @end table
 
 @subsubsection @option{-march} and @option{-mcpu} feature modifiers