Author: pierre
Date: Mon Jun 15 12:56:23 2020
New Revision: 11944
Log:
Add explanations for new configure switches in binutils pass 2
Modified:
branches/cross2/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml Mon Jun 15 12:32:24
2020 (r11943)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml Mon Jun 15 12:56:23
2020 (r11944)
@@ -63,12 +63,19 @@
<title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--host=$LFS_TGT</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This tells the configure script that we want to build
- this pass of binutils for the $LFS_TGT machine, using our just
- built cross-compiler. This prevents the linker from searching
- through library directories on the host.</para>
+ <para>Builds <filename
+ class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename> as a shared library.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--enable-64-bit-bfd</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Enables 64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes).
+ May not be needed on 64-bit systems, but does no harm.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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