[PATCH, rs6000] Change default tuning to POWER7

David Edelsohn dje.gcc@gmail.com
Wed Feb 16 14:24:00 GMT 2011


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, David Edelsohn wrote:
>> Is the appended website patch okay?
>
> This looks good, with one change:  I believe Linux should be GNU/Linux,
> or is this really only refering to the kernel and not a distribution?
>
>> +     <li>The GCC compiler on AIX now defaults to a process layout with a
>> +       larger data space allowing larger programs to be compiled.</li>
>> +     <li>The default processor scheduling model and tuning for PowerPC64
>> +       Linux and for AIX 6.1 and above now is POWER7.</li>
>
> And perhaps just say "GCC on AIX"?

I wanted to distinguish that the process layout refers to the compiler
itself, not to the applications produced by the compiler.

- David



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