Description of problem: Add power7 support to the powerpc GCC compiler. The power7 processor is a new powerpc that supports version 2.06 of the ISA. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: New code for new processor. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 333950 [details] Patch to add Power7 timing information and new instruction support This patch adds the power7 timing information and new instruction support. It has also been posted on the gcc-patches mailing list for GCC 4.5.
The patch to the FSF gcc-patches mailing list is: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-03/msg00183.html
Slightly newer version of the branch diff (except for the gcc.c change) is in gcc-4.4.0-0.24.