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Re: PATCH: Explicitly pass --64 to assembler on AMD64 targets
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:56:36 -0700
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Explicitly pass --64 to assembler on AMD64 targets
- References: <200506131816.j5DIG4mQ000764@sirius.codesourcery.com>
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 11:16:04AM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 1. For a bi-arch compiler for which 32-bit code is the default, we no
> longer need to override ASM_SPEC.
Well, this is the only way this patch applies, because...
> 2. We get earlier failure and better error messages from the assembler
> if the user tries to use a 64-bit compiler with a 32-bit assembler.
... this one isn't true. You won't get "--64" emitted from just
"gcc z.c", only from "gcc -m64 z.c". Unless I'm missing something?
That said, I guess I don't have a problem with this patch.
r~