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Ralf Baechle wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:40:41AM -0600, Joe deBlaquiere wrote:
> 
> If you're really only doing 32-bit mips you might consider removing the 
>> 64 bit targets in the config.bfd... I think that will solve the problems.
> 
> 
> Doesn't really solve the problem.  For example on an Origin we have a 32-bit
> userland but 64-bit kernel addresses which confuses ksymops and procps.
> 
>   Ralf


It was meant as a workaround...

Perhaps we could have an option to objcopy that would allow you to copy 
the addresses without sign extension?

Joe