Re: [PATCH] Set architecture for NetBSD core files

[Mark Kettenis <kettenis at chello dot nl>]

   Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:46:12 -0800
   From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>

   At 03:18 PM 2/8/2004, Mark Kettenis wrote:
   >It would make my life a lot easier if a netbsd-core BFD would have its
   >architecture set.  The attached patch accomplishes this, at least for
   >NetBSD/amd64, NetBSD/i386, NetBSD/sparc and NetBSD/sparc64 (and the
   >corresponding OpenBSD variants).

   Why?  netbsd-core.c is only used for the old a.out based core dump
   format.  Under NetBSD, ELF executables produce ELF core dumps.
   NetBSD/amd64 and NetBSD/sparc64 have *always* been ELF based.
   NetBSD/i386 and  NetBSD/sparc have been ELF based for several years.
   In fact, all NetBSD targets except ns32k use ELF.

True, however OpenBSD still uses the traditional core file format,
even for ELF executables.  And my changes don't interfere with the
recognition of NetBSD ELF core dumps.  It shouldn't hurt for
traditional NetBSD core files.

   >OK to check this in?  Or should I move the M_SPARC64_NETBSD and
   >M_X86_64_NETBSD #defines to libaout.h?

   IMO, no.  While I can see doing i386 and sparc, amd64 and sparc64 are
   not needed.  But you should also include other former a.out targets
   such as vax, m68k, ns32k, and arm.  (mips, alpha, and powerpc never
   used a.out to significant degree).

I'd be happy to include the platforms you mention too.  It just isn't
necessary for my work on GDB.  And I can't test it on the other
platforms.

Mark