binutils: Architecture Selection

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