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68<h3 class="section">17.2 Architecture Selection</h3>
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70<p>An <em>architecture</em> is a type of <small>CPU</small> on which an object file is
71to run.  Its name may contain a colon, separating the name of the
72processor family from the name of the particular <small>CPU</small>.
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74<p>The command to list valid architecture values is &lsquo;<samp>objdump -i</samp>&rsquo; (the
75second column contains the relevant information).
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77<p>Sample values: &lsquo;<samp>m68k:68020</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>mips:3000</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>sparc</samp>&rsquo;.
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80<h4 class="subheading"><code>objdump</code> Architecture</h4>
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82<p>Ways to specify:
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85<li> command-line option: <samp>-m</samp> or <samp>--architecture</samp>
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87</li><li> deduced from the input file
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91<h4 class="subheading"><code>objcopy</code>, <code>nm</code>, <code>size</code>, <code>strings</code> Architecture</h4>
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93<p>Ways to specify:
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96<li> deduced from the input file
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