[PATCH v2 1/3] Use the ELF class to determine the word size for FreeBSD core notes.

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Tue Dec 13 11:04:00 GMT 2016


Hi John,

> FreeBSD MIPS64 core dumps contain an empty e_flags value so are assigned
> to the default bfd_arch_mips which is 32-bits.

I am sorry, but I am worried about this patch breaking things for other,
non-MIPS targets.  Wouldn't it be easier to update bfd/elfxx-mips.c:_bfd_elf_mips_mach()
to test the EI_CLASS field if no flags are set.  Maybe by using the ABI_64_P macro ?

Cheers
  Nick



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