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-rw-r--r--gcc/doc/cpp.texi24
-rw-r--r--gcc/doc/tm.texi7
-rw-r--r--gcc/doc/tm.texi.in7
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/doc/cpp.texi b/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
index a580e6108c8..ddcf81467f6 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
@@ -2265,6 +2265,30 @@ Defined to the number of bytes of the C standard data types: @code{int},
@code{double}, @code{long double}, @code{size_t}, @code{wchar_t}, @code{wint_t}
and @code{ptrdiff_t}.
+@item __BYTE_ORDER__
+@itemx __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+@itemx __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+@itemx __ORDER_PDP_ENDIAN__
+@code{__BYTE_ORDER__} is defined to one of the values
+@code{__ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__}, @code{__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__}, or
+@code{__ORDER_PDP_ENDIAN__} to reflect the layout of multi-byte and
+multi-word quantities in memory. If @code{__BYTE_ORDER__} is equal to
+@code{__ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__} or @code{__ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__}, then
+multi-byte and multi-word quantities are laid out identically: the
+byte (word) at the lowest address is the least significant or most
+significant byte (word) of the quantity, respectively. If
+@code{__BYTE_ORDER__} is equal to @code{__ORDER_PDP_ENDIAN__}, then
+bytes in 16-bit words are laid out in a little-endian fashion, whereas
+the 16-bit subwords of a 32-bit quantity are laid out in big-endian
+fashion.
+
+You should use these macros for testing like this:
+
+@smallexample
+/* @r{Test for a little-endian machine} */
+#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+@end smallexample
+
@item __DEPRECATED
This macro is defined, with value 1, when compiling a C++ source file
with warnings about deprecated constructs enabled. These warnings are
diff --git a/gcc/doc/tm.texi b/gcc/doc/tm.texi
index dd319e14069..66a092fbc1a 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/tm.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/tm.texi
@@ -918,13 +918,6 @@ order of words in memory is the same as the order in registers. This
macro need not be a constant.
@end defmac
-@defmac LIBGCC2_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
-Define this macro if @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN} is not constant. This must be a
-constant value with the same meaning as @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}, which will be
-used only when compiling @file{libgcc2.c}. Typically the value will be set
-based on preprocessor defines.
-@end defmac
-
@defmac FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
Define this macro to have the value 1 if @code{DFmode}, @code{XFmode} or
@code{TFmode} floating point numbers are stored in memory with the word
diff --git a/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in b/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
index a0855c0c6e1..a5fb0007920 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
+++ b/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
@@ -912,13 +912,6 @@ order of words in memory is the same as the order in registers. This
macro need not be a constant.
@end defmac
-@defmac LIBGCC2_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
-Define this macro if @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN} is not constant. This must be a
-constant value with the same meaning as @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}, which will be
-used only when compiling @file{libgcc2.c}. Typically the value will be set
-based on preprocessor defines.
-@end defmac
-
@defmac FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
Define this macro to have the value 1 if @code{DFmode}, @code{XFmode} or
@code{TFmode} floating point numbers are stored in memory with the word