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Re: [RFA] legacy_[read/write]_register_gen
Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> > That should be implemented as:
> >>
> >> my_register_read (int regnum, ...)
> >> {
> >> if (regnum == MY_MIRROR_REGNUM)
> >> regcache_read (MY_REAL_REGNUM, buf)
> >> else
> >> regcache_read (regnum, buf);
> >> }
> >>
> >> GDB no longer needs to have duplicated register values in the regcache.
> >>
> >> Anyway, I have figured out why the change is needed. You can end up
> >> with ``real'' registers in the [NUM_REGS .. NUM_REGS+NUM_PSEUDO_REGS)
> >> range. This happens (at present still theory) when a register that
> >> isn't in the G packet is fetched.
> >
> >
> > Shall I check it in?
>
> Yes. Thanks!
>
> Andrew
Committed.