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[doc PATCH] Obsolete support for POWER and POWER2
- From: Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel dot crashing dot org>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: dje dot gcc at gmail dot com, Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel dot crashing dot org>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:02:14 +0200
- Subject: [doc PATCH] Obsolete support for POWER and POWER2
[Now using the text suggested by David.]
Probably no one uses these old processors anymore, and support for them
is getting in the way of other work in the rs6000 port.
Let's remove it in 4.6. Okay?
Segher
RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.5/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -r1.90 changes.html
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href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-01/msg00510.html";>announcement</a>.</li>
</ul>
+ <p>Support for the classic POWER architecture implemented
+ in the original RIOS and RIOS2 processors of the old IBM RS/6000
+ product line has been obsoleted in the rs6000 port. This does not
+ affect the new generation Power and PowerPC architectures.</p>
+
</li>
<li>Support has been removed for all the