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Recently mention was made about PowerPC support int the
current GNU compiler tools. A later poster indicated that
the POWER series, aka RS6000, and the PowerPC were similar
enough so GNU already supported the PowerPC.

After looking at gcc-2.4.3.1 distribution I found only references
to RS6000 and nothing about the PowerPC. Since I currently have
neither it would difficult for me to test the hypothesis that
the PowerPC is in fact supported by the standard GNU distribution.

Could anyone clarify if the set of instructions that the current
compiler uses to generate code is in fact the common subset of
instructions used by both processors. In particular the PowerPC 601
does not support some shifts, multiplies, absolutes, etc. in addition
to some instructions which have to do with 'operational registers'
(which I wouldn't expect the compiler to use anyway).

Alternatively does one go to Cygnus for the PowerPC support, which is
not supplied in the 'prep.ai.mit.edu' archive?

John Clark
Synergy Microsystems, Inc
clark@synergy.encinitas.ca.us