From: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@hugovil.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:28:36 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add notes for binutils option --enable-64-bit-bfd
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Add notes for binutils option --enable-64-bit-bfd
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diff --git a/stage0/pkg/binutils b/stage0/pkg/binutils
index 5c80364..6077844 100644
--- a/stage0/pkg/binutils
+++ b/stage0/pkg/binutils
@@ -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"