Add notes for binutils option --enable-64-bit-bfd
authorHugo Villeneuve <hugo@hugovil.com>
Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:28:36 +0000 (22:28 -0400)
committerHugo Villeneuve <hugo@hugovil.com>
Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:33:55 +0000 (18:33 -0500)
stage0/pkg/binutils

index 5c80364..6077844 100644 (file)
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ hvconfig_pre()
         --enable-shared \
         --disable-multilib"
 
+    # --enable-64-bit-bfd:
+    # bfd = Binary File Descriptor
+    # Include support for 64 bit targets. This is automatically turned on if
+    # you explicitly request a 64 bit target, but not for --enable-targets=all.
+    # If compiling on a 32-bit machine, this option forces to generate a
+    # compiler that can also emit 64-bit code.
     case "${HVL_TARGET}" in
         x86_64*)
             CONFIGURE_OPTS+=" --enable-64-bit-bfd"