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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:05:54 -0600
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Subject: Re: Howto build ppc_82xx-gcc from GNU sources ?
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Look at the spec file for configuration options.  The 82xx is setup by
default to optimize for the 603(EC) processor.  (Which is the core of
the 82xx processor.)

--Mark

Sarnath Kannan wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>  Whats the diff between "ppc_82xx-gcc" and the
> onee GNU provides for PPC compilation ?
> Can we build a 82xx compiler from the GCC sources ?
> Why exactly we need a seperate 82xx compiler ?
> Why not a ppC compiler ?
>
> Thanx for any help
>
> Sarnath
>

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