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Re: [PATCH] PPC fix build break caused by VMX, 2nd try


Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote on 05/25/2004 05:10:33 PM:

> Steve Munroe wrote:
> 
> > Which do you prefer?
> 
> Certainly the .machine option if the "altivec" parameter is widely
> enough understood.
> 

Definitely for PPC64, it requires binutils-2.13. For PPC32 the -maltivec 
predates the NPTL support so I don't think we can even build a current PPC 
glibc with binutils older then that.

Steven J. Munroe
Linux on Power Toolchain Architect
IBM Corporation, Linux Technology Center


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