From 246cb5be0e91e1ba74a2a7e89b29b2b70b80ac91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerald Pfeifer Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:50:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit hosted cross-compilers generating less efficient code. * doc/install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit hosted cross-compilers generating less efficient code. From-SVN: r143147 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gcc/doc/install.texi | 8 -------- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index ff5d6f53a93..a8a606a496c 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-01-07 Gerald Pfeifer + + * doc/install.texi (alpha*-dec-osf*): Remove note on 32-bit + hosted cross-compilers generating less efficient code. + 2009-01-06 Richard Sandiford * function.h (rtl_data): Add a dbr_scheduled_p field. diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 5bf25a13133..094353b667a 100644 --- 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 -- 2.30.2