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Re: bfd/archures.c and bfd_mach_ppc

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Jimi X <jimix at watson dot ibm dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:43:35 +1030
Subject: Re: bfd/archures.c and bfd_mach_ppc
References: <15441.44143.644037.672241@kitch0.watson.ibm.com>

On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 02:05:19PM -0500, Jimi X wrote:
> 
> in bfd/archures.c:165 (and then bfd-in2.h) bfd_mach_ppc is defined as
> 0.
> 
> this causes bfd_default_set_arch_mach() (bfd/archures.c:592) to choose
> the 32bit powerpc (bfd/cpu-powerpc.c:222) register definition
> regardless of the target size.

Hi Jimi,
  I think bfd_mach_ppc is intentionally set to zero as a default mach
to cover all ppc variants.  Hmm, I guess the real bug is in the
order in which the archs are scanned.  cpu-powerpc.c ought to look
at bfd_mach_ppc _last_.  Could you try the attached diff?

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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