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Re: powerpc freebsd-spec.h - huh?
- From: "David O'Brien" <obrien at FreeBSD dot org>
- To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:37:08 -0800
- Subject: Re: powerpc freebsd-spec.h - huh?
- Organization: The NUXI BSD group
- References: <obrien@FreeBSD.org> <200111210327.WAA24302@makai.watson.ibm.com>
- Reply-to: obrien at FreeBSD dot org
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:27:49PM -0500, David Edelsohn wrote:
> >>>>> "David O'Brien" writes:
>
> David> config/rs6000/sysv4.h targets all PowerPC ELF targets. Ie, gcc on
> David> Solaris-PowerPC can target Linux-PowerPC. Thus the specs for
> David> Linux-PowerPC must be visible [for all values of default targets].
> David> Same for FreeBSD. FreeBSD's specs are in a central file, thus that
> David> central file must be included.
>
> If you need the specs on the generic configuration, that's fine.
> You can have it on powerpc-*-sysv and powerpc-*-elf*, but not on every
> target.
This came up in the thread "[PATCH] adds powerpc-*-freebsd? to mainline"
Please see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-11/msg00881.html
(It acutally isn't ever powerpc target, its the ELF powerpc targets.)
> I don't see a similar insertion of the specs file for Alpha and IA-64.
Alpha nor IA-64 creates a toolchain that targets other OS targets as
rs6000/sysv4.h does.