Although the gc toolchain requires POWER8, gccgo does not. This libgo
patch removes a check that POWER8 is required. This fixes GCC PR
89169. Bootstrapped and tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu and
ppc64-linux-gnu. Committed to mainline.
Ian
Index: gcc/go/gofrontend/MERGE
===================================================================
--- gcc/go/gofrontend/MERGE (revision 269018)
+++ gcc/go/gofrontend/MERGE (working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-672572130ba7a7b277a4c9c8f93576fc42accf63
+fe0382eabbf1e8b148dc8cb7733348bd9d887e10
The first line of this file holds the git revision number of the last
merge done from the gofrontend repository.
Index: libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_ppc64x.go
===================================================================
--- libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_ppc64x.go (revision 268949)
+++ libgo/go/internal/cpu/cpu_ppc64x.go (working copy)
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ func doinit() {
{Name: "darn", Feature: &PPC64.HasDARN},
{Name: "scv", Feature: &PPC64.HasSCV},
{Name: "power9", Feature: &PPC64.IsPOWER9},
-
- // These capabilities should always be enabled on ppc64 and
ppc64le:
- {Name: "power8", Feature: &PPC64.IsPOWER8, Required: true},
+ {Name: "power8", Feature: &PPC64.IsPOWER8},
}
// HWCAP2 feature bits
