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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:40:01 +1100
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: support static build
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Michael S. Tsirkin writes:

> Btw, why is it a good idea to force 64/32 bit mode?
> Why not use the default gcc mode?

On powerpc the gcc default is often 32-bit even when running under a
64-bit kernel, but we want to build perf 64-bit if possible.

Paul.