The typical usage on alpha is done with passing -mieee, which sets -mfp-trap-mode=su.
I found it confusing, at least. --- gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index f7bad9d23..acdb17ba5 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -17304,9 +17304,8 @@ The trap mode can be set to one of four values: @table @samp @item n -This is the default (normal) setting. The only traps that are enabled -are the ones that cannot be disabled in software (e.g., division by zero -trap). +The only traps that are enabled are the ones that cannot be disabled in +software (e.g., division by zero trap). @item u In addition to the traps enabled by @samp{n}, underflow traps are enabled -- 2.14.1