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Re: [Fwd: [Bug bootstrap/27644] [4.1 regression] Bootstrap failure on native ARM targets]

Andrew Pinski wrote:
> 
> On May 17, 2006, at 10:42 PM, H. J. Lu wrote:
> 
>>
>> x86-64 has
>>
>> #define ASM_SPEC "%{v:-V} %{Qy:} %{!Qn:-Qy} %{n} %{T} %{Ym,*} %{Yd,*} \
>>  %{Wa,*:%*} %{m32:--32} %{m64:--64}"
>>
>> That means -m64 always overrides -m32 even if it comes before -m32.
> 
> But that does not explain why x86_64 has to do it this way and not
> the way powerpc64 does it.

How does PowerPC communicate 32-bit vs. 64-bit mode to the assembler and
other tools?

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