On Mon, 11 Feb 2013, H.J. Lu wrote: > This patch updates GCC 4.8 changes.html to mention > -maddress-mode=[short|long] for x32. OK to install?
I made two tweaks on top. If you can get a colleague who is a native speaker to have a look, there may be more clarifications/ improvements to make. Gerald Index: changes.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.8/changes.html,v retrieving revision 1.101 diff -u -3 -p -r1.101 changes.html --- changes.html 17 Feb 2013 12:40:57 -0000 1.101 +++ changes.html 17 Feb 2013 19:05:55 -0000 @@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ B b(42); // OK wrong results. You must build all modules with <code>-mpreferred-stack-boundary=3</code>, including any libraries. This includes the system libraries and startup modules.</li> - <li>New <code>-maddress-mode=[short|long]</code> option for x32. + <li>New <code>-maddress-mode=[short|long]</code> options for x32. <code>-maddress-mode=short</code> overrides default 64-bit addresses to - 32-bit by emitting <code>0x67</code> address-size override prefix. This - is the default address mode for x32.</li> + 32-bit by emitting the <code>0x67</code> address-size override prefix. + This is the default address mode for x32.</li> <li> New built-in functions to detect run-time CPU type and ISA: <ul> <li>A built-in function <code>__builtin_cpu_is</code> has been added to