Re: [PATCH] perf tools: support static build

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Sun Nov 22 2009 - 17:45:23 EST


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.
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