[PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas

Richard Sandiford r.sandiford@redhat.com
Fri Aug 31 10:04:00 GMT 2001


Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> Richard Sandiford wrote:
> > Besides, isn't the address size really decided by
> > the ABI?
> 
> Sure, and a ABI with 64bit addresses won't fit in a object format
> restricted to 32bit.

But the register size is already determined by the ABI.  Isn't it more
consistent to do the same with the address size?

Richard



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