From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
To: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 10:41:00 -0000
Message-id: <20010831194104.B10362@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
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X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00726.html

Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> > Richard Sandiford wrote:
> > > Besides, isn't the address size really decided by
> > > the ABI?
> > 
> > Sure, and a ABI with 64bit addresses won't fit in a object format
> > restricted to 32bit.
> 
> But the register size is already determined by the ABI.  Isn't it more
> consistent to do the same with the address size?

That's what it does. The mips_64 variable is set if ABI 64 is
specified. I don't know what to do with o64 or eabi64, there
isn't much implemented besides the header flag settings.


Thiemo