What does --enable-altivec do?

[James E Wilson]

Michael LeBlanc wrote:
> Does that option do anything except supply -maltivec implicitly?

As explained in the install docs, it does two things, enables -maltivec 
by default, and enables -mabi=altivec by default.

This option has been deprecated and removed in the upcoming gcc-4.0 
release.  The preferred solution is to configure for an altivec target 
instead, e.g. powerpc-linux-gnualtivec.

I see we still have the install docs for --enable-altivec.  I will 
remove them.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com