> Mostly I want a clean GCC compiler. So therefore I see binutils-2.23.1 was > just released last week. Perhaps I will give that a build ( with this GCC ) > and then ensure it has the "g" prefix and try a re-bootstrap of GCC again > with gas as the assembler. This may provide the cleaner results I am > looking for. The recommended (and tested) binutils version to be used in conjunction with GCC 4.7.x is 2.22.x. That being said, 2.23.1 should work as well. > I guess that is fixed in 4.7.3 then .. no worries there. Maybe there is a > simply patch that can be applied at this time ? http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-cvs/2012-10/msg01035.html > Something I did notice was that the GCC 4.7.2 manual still refers to a -mcpu > option of v7 and also v8 as if they would result in different assembler > output. Thus far I have tested this gcc 4.7.2 with -mcpu=v7 and v8 and > checked the output assembly and seen no change. I would think v7 has long > since been dropped as a supported processor. I don't think I have seen one > in years. Not even in a junk pile. No, they are still supported, but in 32-bit mode; 64-bit mode forces -mcpu=v9. -- Eric Botcazou
