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Re: [wip:binutils] Large corefile support
Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 03:29:45PM -0500, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> writes:
> >
> > > > Admittedly the issue is confused now, because file_ptr is typedefed to
> > > > be bfd_signed_vma. But we don't need to perpetuate the confusion. I
> > > > think we should define file_ptr to be off_t or off64_t, and then
> > > > consistently use ftello or ftello64 and friends if they are available.
> > >
> > > So always use 64-bit file I/O when available?
> >
> > Yes, I suppose that is what I am suggesting. Does anybody think that
> > would be a bad idea?
>
> You could reasonably use 32-bit file IO if bfd_vma is 32 bits.
But Andrew's original bug report was that BFD couldn't handle core
files greater than 2G on the i386. For that target, bfd_vma can be 32
bits. Yet 64-bit file I/O is apparently required.
Ian