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Re: Linux sigtramp detection code moved to its proper place


   From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
   Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:00:48 -0500

   On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 03:55:04PM -0700, Kevin Buettner wrote:
   >On Mar 16,  5:41pm, Jim Blandy wrote:
   >
   >> There's a lot of code in i386-tdep.c devoted to identifying and
   >> unraveling Linux signal trampolines.  There's absolutely no reason I
   >> can think of that this should be in i386-tdep.c, intead of
   >> i386-linux-nat.c.
   >
   >I think it should go in i386-linux-tdep.c instead.  That way you'd be
   >able to debug a linux/ia32 target from a non-linux/ia32 host.

I fully agree with Kevin here.

   What about the 14 character limit for filenames?

That's why I dumped the issue after raking it up a week ago.
i386-tdep.c is a better place for this code than i386-linux-nat.c.

Mark

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