* elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): Improve comment for last change.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ea2af66..169118e 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-28  Jason Thorpe  <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
+
+       * elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): Improve comment for last change.
+
 2002-01-27  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
 
        * configure: Regenerated.

diff --git a/bfd/elfcore.h b/bfd/elfcore.h
index 5c81812..c206af5 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elfcore.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcore.h
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ elf_core_file_p (abfd)
       elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
     }
 
-  /* Set the machine architecture.  */
+  /* Set the machine architecture.  Do this before processing the
+     program headers since we need to know the architecture type
+     when processing the notes of some systems' core files.  */
   if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
     {
       /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target.  */