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Re: [PATCH 5/5] RISC-V: Add configure support riscv*-linux*.
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- Cc: palmer at sifive dot com, jimw at sifive dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 05:36:31 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] RISC-V: Add configure support riscv*-linux*.
- References: <mhng-434a3c5a-e632-4132-8fbf-bca82f51a81c@palmer-si-x1c4> <878t5gjv94.fsf@tromey.com>
> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Cc: tom@tromey.com, Jim Wilson <jimw@sifive.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:25:59 -0600
>
> My main concern is really whether --disable-64-bit-bfd still works.
> I don't know if people still use this, but as long as it exists it seems
> like it should continue to work. If RISC-V works in this setup, then it
> is totally fine by me for gdb to follow, assuming it works as well.
>
> Maybe to really test it has to be a 32 bit build with
> --disable-64-bit-bfd and --enable-targets=all.
Btw, can you or someone else explain what exactly does
"--enable-64-bit-bfd" do and what practical effects should it have on
GDB? I frequently wonder whether I want that switch when building
GDB, and I still don't know the answer.
Thanks.