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Re: backtrace/2224: backtrace doesn't work with bochs stub anymore
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 8 Feb 2007 02:38:01 -0000
- Subject: Re: backtrace/2224: backtrace doesn't work with bochs stub anymore
- Reply-to: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
The following reply was made to PR backtrace/2224; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Godmar Back <godmar@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: backtrace/2224: backtrace doesn't work with bochs stub anymore
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:35:42 -0500
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:36:07PM -0500, Godmar Back wrote:
> The new version of gdb works if the error response from bochs is
> syntactically correct (specifically Eff), but doesn't "work" - doesn't
> pursue the 'm' commands for the backtrace if it's not syntactically
> correct. I did not change bochs to return +$#00 as you say I should
> response to a packet I don't recognize.
Yes, this is what I expected to happen. An empty packet would mean
"qPart:auxv is not supported". An Eff packet would mean "something
went wrong reading the auxv", which is not a fatal error. An ENN
packet is a syntax error; that's fatal.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery