Hatari debugger *.sym file format

[simonsunnyboy]

Experimenting with generating an offline symbol map file (see viewtopic.php?f=70&t=32519), I noticed that the input file for Hatari lists addresses as 64bit numbers.

What is the intention of this as the Motorola CPUs used only have 32bit addresses? What am I missing?

[ThorstenOtto]

Experimenting with generating an offline symbol map file (see http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=32519), I noticed that the input file for Hatari lists addresses as 64bit numbers.

What is the intention of this as the Motorola CPUs used only have 32bit addresses? What am I missing?

That is because the binutils are from a cross-compiler, and that is usually done on a 64-bit host. By default, they are configured to contain also support for the host, and that has the effect that the whole bfd-library is compiled for 64-bit support.

It does not have any bad effect other than that most addresses are printed in 64-bit format.

[simonsunnyboy]

So unless addresses larger than 0xFFFFFFFF appear, it should pose no problem for Hatari itself?
That sounds reasonable.