+ /* 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. */
+ && ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
+ goto fail;
+
+ /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
+ information. We do this before processing the program headers
+ to allow the correct machine (as opposed to just the default
+ machine) to be set, making it possible for grok_prstatus and
+ grok_psinfo to rely on the mach setting. */
+ if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p != NULL
+ && ! ebd->elf_backend_object_p (abfd))
+ goto wrong;
+