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Re: [PATCH/RFA] Add elf64_{big,little}mips to mips*-*-netbsd*
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> It seems like the real bug is that there is not a sufficient autoconf
> check for 64-bit support in the host's compiler. (If the host's compiler
> can do it, BFD64 should always be defined, IMO.)
No, that would make bfd_vma 64 bit. When building native tools for
the ix86, you want a 32 bit bfd_vma even if the compiler can support a
64 bit one. If bfd_vma is 64 bit, it will slow everything down.
Ian