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Re: [committed] Add a MIPS -msym32 option
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- To: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 11:05:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: [committed] Add a MIPS -msym32 option
- References: <87zmxiihaf.fsf@firetop.home>
On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 09:16 +0000, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> This patch implements a new MIPS -msym32 option, the binutils side
> of which was added a couple of days ago:
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2005-03/msg00120.html
>
> The meat of the patch is the one-line change to ABI_HAS_64BIT_SYMBOLS;
> all the rest is just the usual command-line stuff.
>
> Although this is a new feature, it's about as non-invasive as a new
> feature can get, and I'd like to apply it to 4.0 branch if possible.
> The main reason is that it's likely that binutils 2.16 will be coming
> out at about the same time as gcc 4.0.0, and it would be nice to have
> both of them support the option. On the other hand, I realise that
> adding a patch like this 4.0 isn't really in keeping with the
> development plan, so I won't ask formally unless a couple of
> other folks "sponsor" the suggestion.
I'm not going to object, of course.
-eric