On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote:
> actually the original point is even for PPC32, note just PPC64. The > configure check added by Adrian in Firefox checks if the compiler > accepts -maltivec and just enables it in the build. > However, this assumption is not correct and causes issues as explained > in my previous mail. ouch. seems like an autoconf test is needed, at least. and an upstream bugreport to gcc. just to confirm: that's definitely "setting machine to capabilities that the machine doesn't have, then requesting that feature and gcc 10 says 'ok'" yes? i do not know the exact machine, let us assume it is -mg3. the options being passed are "gcc -mg3 -maltivec" and this should definitely cause gcc to raise an error, is that correct? l. -- --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
