From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30234 invoked by alias); 3 Nov 2009 02:37:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 30223 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Nov 2009 02:37:56 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:51 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D6810E9F; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:37:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (209.195.188.212.nauticom.net [209.195.188.212]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F6410E94; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:37:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N59HH-0003gh-Pw; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:37:47 -0500 Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:37:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Nathan Sidwell , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: x86-64 gdbserver config Message-ID: <20091103023747.GA14152@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Brobecker , Nathan Sidwell , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <4AEED5B3.7020107@codesourcery.com> <20091102230840.GC4557@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091102230840.GC4557@adacore.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-11/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 03:08:40PM -0800, Joel Brobecker wrote: > I am trying to understand the situation under which this patch would > be used. Is it when using a cross compiler or can it be when using > a native compiler? Or both? Either. It's not too uncommon in my experience to build a 64-bit-capable toolchain as i686-linux-gnu or i686-solaris2.10. At least for Debian, we did this to avoid having to change the triplet inappropriately when 32-bit systems were still supported. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery