The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2ea49bb595df216f4374d5e1035ab2c818d3ceef
commit 2ea49bb595df216f4374d5e1035ab2c818d3ceef Author: Ed Maste <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-08-26 17:45:28 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-06-05 16:35:25 +0000 arch.7: Remove 32-bit powerpc from tables Most 32-bit architecture support has been deprecated for FreeBSD 16. Reviewed by: des Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57472 --- share/man/man7/arch.7 | 16 ++-------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man7/arch.7 b/share/man/man7/arch.7 index eb7ddd778619..2acbaad96e66 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/arch.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/arch.7 @@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ Machine-dependent type sizes: .It amd64 Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 16 Ta 8 .It armv7 Ta 4 Ta 4 Ta 8 Ta 8 .It i386 Ta 4 Ta 4 Ta 12 Ta 4 -.It powerpc Ta 4 Ta 4 Ta 8 Ta 8 -.It powerpcspe Ta 4 Ta 4 Ta 8 Ta 8 .It powerpc64 Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 8 .It powerpc64le Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 8 .It riscv64 Ta 8 Ta 8 Ta 16 Ta 8 @@ -251,8 +249,6 @@ is 8 bytes on all supported architectures except i386. .It amd64 Ta little Ta signed Ta signed .It armv7 Ta little Ta unsigned Ta unsigned .It i386 Ta little Ta signed Ta signed -.It powerpc Ta big Ta unsigned Ta signed -.It powerpcspe Ta big Ta unsigned Ta signed .It powerpc64 Ta big Ta unsigned Ta signed .It powerpc64le Ta little Ta unsigned Ta signed .It riscv64 Ta little Ta signed Ta signed @@ -266,8 +262,6 @@ is 8 bytes on all supported architectures except i386. .It amd64 Ta 4K, 2M, 1G .It armv7 Ta 4K, 1M .It i386 Ta 4K, 2M (PAE), 4M -.It powerpc Ta 4K -.It powerpcspe Ta 4K .It powerpc64 Ta 4K .It powerpc64le Ta 4K .It riscv64 Ta 4K, 2M, 1G @@ -282,8 +276,6 @@ is 8 bytes on all supported architectures except i386. .It amd64 (LA57) Ta 0x0100000000000000 Ta 64PiB .It armv7 Ta 0xbfc00000 Ta 3GiB .It i386 Ta 0xffc00000 Ta 4GiB -.It powerpc Ta 0xfffff000 Ta 4GiB -.It powerpcspe Ta 0x7ffff000 Ta 2GiB .It powerpc64 Ta 0x000fffffc0000000 Ta 4PiB .It powerpc64le Ta 0x000fffffc0000000 Ta 4PiB .It riscv64 (Sv39) Ta 0x0000004000000000 Ta 256GiB @@ -338,8 +330,6 @@ currently supports Sv39 and Sv48 and defaults to using Sv39. .It amd64 Ta hard Ta hard, 80 bit .It armv7 Ta hard Ta hard, double precision .It i386 Ta hard Ta hard, 80 bit -.It powerpc Ta hard Ta hard, double precision -.It powerpcspe Ta hard Ta hard, double precision .It powerpc64 Ta hard Ta hard, double precision .It powerpc64le Ta hard Ta hard, double precision .It riscv64 Ta hard Ta hard, quad precision @@ -374,7 +364,7 @@ or similar things like boot sequences. .It amd64 Ta amd64 Ta amd64 .It arm Ta arm Ta armv7 .It i386 Ta i386 Ta i386 -.It powerpc Ta powerpc Ta powerpc, powerpcspe, powerpc64, powerpc64le +.It powerpc Ta powerpc Ta powerpc64, powerpc64le .It riscv Ta riscv Ta riscv64, riscv64c .El .Ss Predefined Macros @@ -426,8 +416,6 @@ Architecture-specific macros: .It amd64 Ta Dv __amd64__ , Dv __x86_64__ .It armv7 Ta Dv __arm__ , Dv __ARM_ARCH >= 7 .It i386 Ta Dv __i386__ -.It powerpc Ta Dv __powerpc__ -.It powerpcspe Ta Dv __powerpc__ , Dv __SPE__ .It powerpc64 Ta Dv __powerpc__ , Dv __powerpc64__ .It powerpc64le Ta Dv __powerpc__ , Dv __powerpc64__ .It riscv64 Ta Dv __riscv , Dv __riscv_xlen == 64 @@ -499,7 +487,7 @@ It, along with defines the ABI used by the system. Generally, the plain CPU name specifies the most common (or at least first) variant of the CPU. -This is why powerpc and powerpc64 imply 'big endian' while armv7 and aarch64 +This is why powerpc64 implies 'big endian' while armv7 and aarch64 imply little endian. If we ever were to support the so-called x32 ABI (using 32-bit pointers on the amd64 architecture), it would most likely be encoded
