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Re: 64bit bfd_vma vs 32bit address space in linker
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, Stefan Reinauer <stepan at suse dot de>
- Date: 07 Apr 2003 23:47:19 -0300
- Subject: Re: 64bit bfd_vma vs 32bit address space in linker
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <jevfxup8op.fsf@sykes.suse.de><20030408005837.GU1189@bubble.sa.bigpond.net.au>
On Apr 7, 2003, Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au> wrote:
> Something needs to take note of bfd_arch_info_type.bits_per_address.
bits_per_address is not necessarily the right choice. In fact, it
often isn't. See for example the patch I posted earlier today, that
addresses one situation in which the arch's bits_per_address is the
wrong choice to determine the pointer width.
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