binutils: Architecture Selection

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1 18.2 Architecture Selection
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1 An "architecture" is a type of CPU on which an object file is to run.
1 Its name may contain a colon, separating the name of the processor
1 family from the name of the particular CPU.
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1    The command to list valid architecture values is 'objdump -i' (the
1 second column contains the relevant information).
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1    Sample values: 'm68k:68020', 'mips:3000', 'sparc'.
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1 'objdump' Architecture
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1 Ways to specify:
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1   1. command line option: '-m' or '--architecture'
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1   2. deduced from the input file
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1 'objcopy', 'nm', 'size', 'strings' Architecture
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1 Ways to specify:
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1   1. deduced from the input file
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