On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Peter Bergner <berg...@vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > This patch enables new -mcpu and -mtune options for POWER8. The -mcpu=power8 > option currently is just an alias for power7. The affect of these options > will be expanded when more technical details are released by IBM. > > Bootstrapped and regtested on powerpc64-linux. Ok for mainline or should > we wait to commit this after stage1 (since Jakub said it was ok in another > thread) when we commit our base power8 patches? > > Peter > > > * doc/invoke.texi (-mcpu=power8): Document. > * config.in (HAVE_AS_POWER8): New. > * config.gcc: Add cpu_type power8. > * configure.ac: (HAVE_AS_POWER8): Check for assembler support for the > POWER8 instructions. > * configure: Regenerate. > * config/rs6000/rs6000.h: (ASM_CPU_POWER8_SPEC): Define. > (ASM_CPU_SPEC): Pass %(asm_cpu_power8) for -mcpu=power8. > (EXTRA_SPECS): Add asm_cpu_power8 spec string. > * config/rs6000/rs6000-cpus.def (processor_target_table): Alias > POWER8 to POWER7. > * config/rs6000/driver-rs6000.c (ASM_CPU_SPEC): For -mcpu=power8, > pass %(asm_cpu_power8)/-mpwr8. > * config/rs6000/aix53.h: Likewise. > * config/rs6000/aix61.h: Likewise.
This patch is okay. Thanks, David
