powerpc freebsd-spec.h - huh?

[David O'Brien]

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.