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Re: gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.h bug?


Den 20-Jul-98 22:56:21 skrev David Edelsohn fĝlgende om "Re: gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.h bug? ":
>>>>>> "Rask Ingemann Lambertsen" writes:

> Rask> A freshly checked out "gcc/config/rs6000/xm-rs6000.h" contains:
[cut]
> Rask> which IMHO belongs in xm-aix??.h, not in xm-rs6000.h.

> 	xm-rs6000.h only is used for AIX.  This is a historical artifact
> from the "rs6000" port originally only targeted for AIX.

   It would be nice to have a note to that effect. How about:

--- /dev/null   Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ config/rs6000/README        Thu Aug 27 13:47:35 1998
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+xm-rs6000.h is only used for AIX. This is a historical artifact
+from the "rs6000" port originally only targeted for AIX.


   And for Changelog:

Thu Aug 27 13:37:44 1998  Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@kampsax.k-net.dk>

    * config/rs6000/README: New file

> This also is why
> the port is called "rs6000" instead of something more appropriate.  All of
> this is hidden from the user in the GCC configuration, so, again, why does
> this matter?

   Not for the end user, but it is confusing for those who try to add a new
PowerPC based target.

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