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Re: RFC: target_create_inferior that does not call proceed
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:58:39PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > I'll be needing to run some additional common code fragments between
> > creating an inferior and starting it, for an upcoming project. Like most of
> > GDB they need the target to be stopped; that's why I separated the create
> > and proceed phases here.
>
> That's the reason why you created post_create_inferior? If yes, then,
> that answers the next question: Why did you introduce post_create_inferior?
That's right. The followup patch I posted today calls solib functions
from there. The followups I'll be working on later in the week will
hook the "target properties" and "available register sets" bits I
discussed on gdb@ (a long time ago now) into the same place.
> I vaguely remember there was a way to do that already, but when I last
> wanted to use it, I couldn't find a way to do it. So yes, I'd welcome
> such a command. Perhaps we could have something like:
>
> (gdb) set stop-on-entry 1
>
> after which "run" or "start" would stop at the entry point?
Hrm, I'm not a big fan of state variables, but at least that's clearer
than anything else I've thought of. I suppose we could also call the
command create-inferior :-)
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery