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<h3 class="section">18.2 Architecture Selection</h3>
<p>An <dfn>architecture</dfn> is a type of <span class="sc">cpu</span> 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 <span class="sc">cpu</span>.
<p>The command to list valid architecture values is ‘<samp><span class="samp">objdump -i</span></samp>’ (the
second column contains the relevant information).
<p>Sample values: ‘<samp><span class="samp">m68k:68020</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">mips:3000</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span class="samp">sparc</span></samp>’.
<h4 class="subheading"><samp><span class="command">objdump</span></samp> Architecture</h4>
<p>Ways to specify:
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<li>command line option: <samp><span class="option">-m</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--architecture</span></samp>
<li>deduced from the input file
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<h4 class="subheading"><samp><span class="command">objcopy</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">nm</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">size</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">strings</span></samp> Architecture</h4>
<p>Ways to specify:
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<li>deduced from the input file
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