Re: [patch rfc, 6.0?] only allow raw raw registers; Was: [patch rfc] Add NUM_REGS pseudo regs to MIPS

[steve at asicdesigners dot com (Steve Watt)]

On Jul 27,  9:50, Andrew Cagney wrote:
} Subject: [patch rfc, 6.0?] only allow raw raw registers; Was: [patch rfc] 
} 
} Hello,
} 
} The attached hopefully fixes the panic that SteveW was noticing with the 
} MIPS GNU/Linux target.   It chops the legacy register cache (which the 
} MIPS uses) back so that it can no longer contain pseudo registers.
} 
} Working through the build list, it has the potential of also affecting:
} 
} h8300hms:gdbarch_dump: NUM_PSEUDO_REGS = 1
} i386-elf:gdbarch_dump: NUM_PSEUDO_REGS = 8
} m68hc11-elf:gdbarch_dump: NUM_PSEUDO_REGS = 37
} mips-elf:gdbarch_dump: NUM_PSEUDO_REGS = 90
} x86_64-linux-gnu:gdbarch_dump: NUM_PSEUDO_REGS = 8
} 
} (and sh64)
} 
} but since everything is now using pseudo register read/write, instead of 
} fetch/store pseudo register (I deleted that), it should ho longer have 
} any affect.
} 
} Hmm, if fetch/store pseudo is deleted all sorts of code can go ....
} 
} Steve, does this fix your problem?  Assuming it does, I'll also look to 
} commit this to the 6.0 branch.

How about halfway?  It fixes the abort, but leaves a weirdo in the
output:

(steve@mustang) 48> ./gdb /users/steve/tmp/t/hello.mips
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This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=mips-elf"...
Setting up the environment for debugging gdb.
.gdbinit:5: Error in sourced command file:
Function "internal_error" not defined.
(gdb) target sim
Connected to the simulator.
(gdb) load
Loading section .text, size 0x150c vma 0xa0020000
Loading section .init, size 0x38 vma 0xa002150c
Loading section .fini, size 0x28 vma 0xa0021544
Loading section .sdata, size 0x14 vma 0xa0021d20
Loading section .ctors, size 0x8 vma 0xa002156c
Loading section .dtors, size 0x8 vma 0xa0021574
Loading section .rodata, size 0x2 vma 0xa002157c
Loading section .eh_frame, size 0x4 vma 0xa0021580
Loading section .data, size 0x790 vma 0xa0021588
Loading section .jcr, size 0x4 vma 0xa0021d18
Start address 0xa0020004
Transfer rate: 59728 bits in <1 sec.
(gdb) break _start
Breakpoint 1 at 0xa0020004: file ../../../../combined/libgloss/mips/crt0.S, line 74.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /users/steve/tmp/t/hello.mips

Breakpoint 1, _start () at ../../../../combined/libgloss/mips/crt0.S:74
74              li      v0, STATUS_MASK
Current language:  auto; currently asm
(gdb) info regs
Undefined info command: "regs".  Try "help info".
(gdb) info regi
          zero       at       v0       v1       a0       a1       a2       a3
 R90  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
            t0       t1       t2       t3       t4       t5       t6       t7
 R98  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
            s0       s1       s2       s3       s4       s5       s6       s7
 R106 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
            t8       t9       k0       k1       gp       sp       s8       ra
 R114 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
            sr       lo       hi      bad    cause       pc
      00400004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 a0020004
           fsr      fir
      00000000 00000000
(gdb)

It's displaying stuff (and further runs appear correct), but the register
number in the left column needs 90 subtracted.  (Well, I'm sure there's
a real fix, but...)

So far, so good.

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