[PATCH/RFA] Add support for OpenBSD/mips64

[Thiemo Seufer]

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