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Re: [PATCH] mips n64 support, part 1


On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 03:02:18PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >@@ -4352,7 +4354,11 @@ mips_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info i
> > 	  break;
> > 	case bfd_mach_mips8000:
> > 	case bfd_mach_mips10000:
> >-	  mips_abi = MIPS_ABI_N32;
> >+	  if (bfd_get_flavour (info.abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour
> >+	      && elf_elfheader (info.abfd)->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64)
> >+	    mips_abi = MIPS_ABI_N64;
> >+	  else
> >+	    mips_abi = MIPS_ABI_N32;
> > 	  break;
> > 	}
> >     }
> 
> This bit should at least have a comment explaining the assumptions 
> behind it -- have you actually seen this code being triggered?  I don't 
> think the code is ever reached (unless the executable is very old) as 
> the earlier:
> 
>   /* GCC creates a pseudo-section whose name describes the ABI.  */
>   if (mips_abi == MIPS_ABI_UNKNOWN && info.abfd != NULL)
>     bfd_map_over_sections (info.abfd, mips_find_abi_section, &mips_abi);
> 
> should catch most modern cases.

Kevin is using IRIX CC, I believe. The marker sections are
GCC-specific.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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