[PATCHv3 0/7] Add initial arc nps400 support

[Pedro Alves]

On 03/17/2016 05:15 PM, Andrew Burgess wrote:

> Thanks for the explanation.  And remembering that I've already updated
> the patch, so I ask only out of interest...
>
> ... I still think that allowing the vendor string to control some
> defaults would be nice.  So in my case it would be great if the
> default architecture for an arc-mellanox toolchain was nps400, from a
> user PoV that seems like it would be a nicer experience .... maybe.

There's precedent for setting defaults with configure switches.
See e.g,. gcc's --with-cpu= and --with-arch=.

And I see gas/configure.ac handles --with-arch for nds32.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves