Remove vestigial POWER7 configuration checks

Author: evan-charmworks

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -366,14 +366,6 @@ else()
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported operating system ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}.")
 endif()
 
-set(CMK_POWER7 0)
-if(CHARM_CPU STREQUAL "ppc64le")
-  execute_process(COMMAND grep f Makefile RESULT_VARIABLE isppc7 OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-  if(${isppc7})
-    set(CMK_POWER7 1)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 # Adjust version number so it can be tested by numerical comparisons, e.g. 6.10.1 -> 61001:
 # #if CHARM_VERSION > 61001
 if(${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH} LESS 10)

src/scripts/configure.ac

@@ -642,12 +642,6 @@ test_finish() {
 	exit $1
 }
 
-# detect certain architectures
-if cat /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | grep 'POWER7'  > /dev/null
-then
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CMK_POWER7, 1, [whether is power7])
-fi
-
 # detect OS
 OSNAME=`uname -s`
 if test $OSNAME = "Linux"