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Re: x86-64 gdbserver config


On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 03:08:40PM -0800, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I am trying to understand the situation under which this patch would
> be used. Is it when using a cross compiler or can it be when using
> a native compiler? Or both?

Either.  It's not too uncommon in my experience to build a
64-bit-capable toolchain as i686-linux-gnu or i686-solaris2.10.
At least for Debian, we did this to avoid having to change the triplet
inappropriately when 32-bit systems were still supported.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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