** Description changed: In the man(ual) page for gcc-4.7 (i.e., man gcc-4.7) the description for the Transactional Memory switch (-fgnu-tm) is missing some text. It reads: -fgnu-tm - When the option -fgnu-tm is specified, the compiler will generate code for the Linux variant - of Intel's current Transactional Memory ABI specification document (Revision 1.1, May 6 2009). - This is an experimental feature whose interface may change in future versions of GCC, as the - official specification changes. Please note that not all architectures are supported for this - feature. + When the option -fgnu-tm is specified, the compiler will generate code for the Linux variant + of Intel's current Transactional Memory ABI specification document (Revision 1.1, May 6 2009). + This is an experimental feature whose interface may change in future versions of GCC, as the + official specification changes. Please note that not all architectures are supported for this + feature. - For more information on GCC's support for transactional + For more information on GCC's support for transactional memory, - Note that the transactional memory feature is not supported with non-call exceptions - (-fnon-call-exceptions). + Note that the transactional memory feature is not supported with non-call exceptions + (-fnon-call-exceptions). Notice that on the second paragraph, it says "For more information on GCC's support for transactional memory," but it never finishes that sentence, nor does it include the reference to where one can find more info on GCC's suport for Transactional Memory.
** Description changed: In the man(ual) page for gcc-4.7 (i.e., man gcc-4.7) the description for the Transactional Memory switch (-fgnu-tm) is missing some text. It reads: -fgnu-tm - When the option -fgnu-tm is specified, the compiler will generate code for the Linux variant - of Intel's current Transactional Memory ABI specification document (Revision 1.1, May 6 2009). - This is an experimental feature whose interface may change in future versions of GCC, as the - official specification changes. Please note that not all architectures are supported for this - feature. + When the option -fgnu-tm is specified, the compiler will generate code for the Linux variant of Intel's current Transactional Memory ABI specification document (Revision 1.1, May 6 2009). This is an experimental feature whose interface may change in future versions of GCC, as the official specification changes. Please note that not all architectures are supported for this feature. For more information on GCC's support for transactional memory, - Note that the transactional memory feature is not supported with non-call exceptions - (-fnon-call-exceptions). + Note that the transactional memory feature is not supported + with non-call exceptions (-fnon-call-exceptions). Notice that on the second paragraph, it says "For more information on GCC's support for transactional memory," but it never finishes that sentence, nor does it include the reference to where one can find more info on GCC's suport for Transactional Memory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069550 Title: gcc-4.7 incomplete description for -fgnu-tm To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.7/+bug/1069550/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
