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Re: [RFA] Sparc/Linux patch 6
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- To: "David S. Miller" <davem at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:30:13 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Sparc/Linux patch 6
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <20020419.233919.89669100.davem@redhat.com>
"David S. Miller" wrote:
>
> Ok, and this finally gets sparc64-*-linux native into a working
> state.
>
> This renumbers the sparc64 target registers so it is easy to
> provide all the privileged registers, unavailable when tracking
> userlevel processes, in a simple for loop.
I don't think you can renumber the registers, David.
Deployed stubs in the field depend on the established
numbering. Once GDB has established a register numbering,
it's usually not possible to change it.