--- toolchain-funcs.eclass.orig	2010-07-15 10:04:53.000000000 -0400
+++ toolchain-funcs.eclass	2010-07-15 10:11:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -360,6 +360,33 @@
 	esac
 }
 
+# @FUNCTION: tc-bits
+# @USAGE: [toolchain arch]
+# @RETURN: number of bits of the compiler target
+tc-bits() {
+	local host=$1
+	[[ -z ${host} ]] && host=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}
+	host=${host%%-*}
+
+	case ${host} in
+		alpha*)		echo 64;;
+		arm*)		echo 32;;
+		hppa*)		echo 32;;
+		i?86*)		echo 32;;
+		ia64*)		echo 64;;
+		m68*)		echo 32;;
+		mips*)		echo 32;;
+		powerpc64*)	echo 64;;
+		powerpc*)	echo 32;;
+		s390x*)		echo 64;;
+		s390*)		echo 32;;
+		sh*)		echo 32;;
+		sparc*)		echo 32;;
+		x86_64*)	echo 64;;
+		*)			echo wtf;;
+	esac
+}
+
 # @FUNCTION: gcc-fullversion
 # @RETURN: compiler version (major.minor.micro: [3.4.6])
 gcc-fullversion() {