Subject: Re: toolchain improvements proposal
To: None <tech-toolchain@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 02/05/1999 21:00:50
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:01:45 -0500 (EST) Todd Vierling wrote:
> - Make libbfd include "all NetBSD targets" on all architectures. (Note that
> this cannot include 64-bit architectures on 32-bit hosts.) This could be
> configured out by a flag to be determined (and NOPIC would have the same
> effect).
>
> This way it would be possible to analyze, disassemble, objcopy, etc. all
> object files and executables on all architectures (with the 32/64 bit
> restriction mentioned above).
>
> This could be extended to include those targets for which we have COMPAT_
> options on each architecture (but only for that architecture?).
This would be _kewl_. Maybe select COMPAT_ targets with a mk.conf
option - not everyone will want/need this. OTOH, how much bloat would
it add, given that the core processor support would already be there?
Simon.