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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml index 57057e86e2..47fec9ae1c 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml @@ -731,11 +731,9 @@ ghc -c Foo.hs</screen> <filename>Foo.hs</filename> to an object file <filename>Foo.o</filename>.</para> - <para>Note: What the Haskell compiler proper produces depends on - whether a native-code generator<indexterm><primary>native-code - generator</primary></indexterm> is used (producing assembly - language) or not (producing C). See <xref - linkend="options-codegen"/> for more details.</para> + <para>Note: What the Haskell compiler proper produces depends on what + backend code generator is used. See <xref linkend="code-generators"/> + for more details.</para> <para>Note: C pre-processing is optional, the <option>-cpp</option><indexterm><primary><option>-cpp</option></primary></indexterm> @@ -2234,13 +2232,13 @@ f "2" = 2 <term><option>-msse2</option>:</term> <listitem> <para> - (x86 only, added in GHC 7.0.1) Use the SSE2 registers and - instruction set to implement floating point operations - when using the native code generator. This gives a - substantial performance improvement for floating point, - but the resulting compiled code will only run on - processors that support SSE2 (Intel Pentium 4 and later, - or AMD Athlon 64 and later). + (x86 only, added in GHC 7.0.1) Use the SSE2 registers and + instruction set to implement floating point operations when using + the <link linkend="native-code-gen">native code generator</link>. + This gives a substantial performance improvement for floating + point, but the resulting compiled code + will only run on processors that support SSE2 (Intel Pentium 4 and + later, or AMD Athlon 64 and later). </para> <para> SSE2 is unconditionally used on x86-64 platforms. |