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§Features

FeatureDescriptionAlso Enables
altivecEnable Altivec instructions.
power10-vectorEnable POWER10 vector instructions.altivec, power8-altivec, power8-vector, power9-altivec, power9-vector, vsx
power8-altivecEnable POWER8 Altivec instructions.altivec
power8-vectorEnable POWER8 vector instructions.altivec, power8-altivec, vsx
power9-altivecEnable POWER9 Altivec instructions.altivec, power8-altivec
power9-vectorEnable POWER9 vector instructions.altivec, power8-altivec, power8-vector, power9-altivec, vsx
vsxEnable VSX instructions.altivec
crt-staticEnables C Run-time Libraries to be statically linked.

This is often empirical, rather than specified in any standard, i.e. all available CPUs with a particular feature also have another feature.

§CPUs

CPUEnabled Features
440
450
601
602
603
603e
603ev
604
604e
620
7400altivec
7450altivec
750
970altivec
a2
e500
e500mc
e5500
futurealtivec, power10-vector, power8-altivec, power8-vector, power9-altivec, power9-vector, vsx
g3
g4altivec
g4+altivec
g5altivec
generic
ppc
ppc32
ppc64altivec
ppc64lealtivec, power8-altivec, power8-vector, vsx
pwr10altivec, power10-vector, power8-altivec, power8-vector, power9-altivec, power9-vector, vsx
pwr3altivec
pwr4altivec
pwr5altivec
pwr5xaltivec
pwr6altivec
pwr6xaltivec
pwr7altivec, vsx
pwr8altivec, power8-altivec, power8-vector, vsx
pwr9altivec, power8-altivec, power8-vector, power9-altivec, power9-vector, vsx