For PowerPC configurations (like powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) which do not support
SPE, the SPE-related command-line options (like -misel) are silently ignored.
That can result in users thinking that they are getting that functionality when
they are not.
David Edelsohn suggests moving those options into SUBTARGET_OPTIONS, so that the
options are only available with SPE-supporting configurations.
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Summary: PowerPC back end ignores SPE command-line options
Product: gcc
Version: 4.0.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: target
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org
CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
GCC target triplet: powerpc-*-*
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19490