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@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
-msplit-addresses -mno-split-addresses @gol
-mexplicit-relocs -mno-explicit-relocs @gol
-mcheck-zero-division -mno-check-zero-division @gol
+-mdivide-traps -mdivide-breaks @gol
-mmemcpy -mno-memcpy -mlong-calls -mno-long-calls @gol
-mmad -mno-mad -mfused-madd -mno-fused-madd -nocpp @gol
-mfix-r4000 -mno-fix-r4000 -mfix-r4400 -mno-fix-r4400 @gol
@@ -9500,6 +9501,23 @@ to use an assembler that supports relocation operators.
Trap (do not trap) on integer division by zero. The default is
@option{-mcheck-zero-division}.
+@item -mdivide-traps
+@itemx -mdivide-breaks
+@opindex mdivide-traps
+@opindex mdivide-breaks
+MIPS systems check for division by zero by generating either a
+conditional trap or a break instruction. Using traps results in
+smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and later. Also, some
+versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that prevents trap from
+generating the proper signal (SIGFPE). Use @option{-mdivide-traps} to
+allow conditional traps on architectures that support them and
+@option{-mdivide-breaks} to force the use of breaks.
+
+The default is usually @option{-mdivide-traps}, but this can be
+overridden at configure time using @option{--with-divide=breaks}.
+Divide-by-zero checks can be completely disabled using
+@option{-mno-check-zero-division}.
+
@item -mmemcpy
@itemx -mno-memcpy
@opindex mmemcpy