* David Edelsohn via Gcc:
> No, it's not dropped. Some people are being pedantic about the name,
> which is why Bill added {,le}. powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu means
> everything. If you want to add {,le} back, that's fine. But there
> always is some variant omitted, and that doesn't mean it is ignored.
> The more that one over-specifies and enumerates some variants, the
> more that it implies the other variants intentionally are ignored.
powerpc64-*-linux-gnu and powerpc64le-*-linux-gnu are different targets
in many aspects, extending way beyond the endianness. I think it makes
sense to list both explicitly, if only to avoid confusion.
Thanks,
Florian