* 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