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Re: [PATCH/RFA] Add support for OpenBSD/mips64
Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:41:42 +0200
> From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
>
> Is the use of *trad*mips for 64bit targets intentional? It means that
> o32 ELF objects from the mips64*-*-openbsd* target are incompatible to
> ones from mips*-*-openbsd*.
>
> [Putting my OpenBSD hat on]
>
> Quite so. OpenBSD/sgi is a new fully 64-bit platform as far as
> OpenBSD is concerned, which currently is the only member of the
> OpenBSD/mips64 family. Currently is runs on the SGI O2, although
> support for the SGI Origin200 is being worked on.
In that case, it is probably better to limit the supported bfd vectors
to n32 and n64 ABIs. Introducing a new incompatible o32-style ABI on a
pure 64bit platform doesn't make that much sense, AFAICS.
Thiemo