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Re: Debugging on v8plus
- From: Olatunji Ruwase <Olatunji dot Ruwase at Sun dot COM>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:10:39 -0800
- Subject: Re: Debugging on v8plus
- References: <43D652B5.5060302@Sun.COM> <20060124162949.GA18951@nevyn.them.org>
- Reply-to: Olatunji dot Ruwase at Sun dot COM
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote On 01/24/06 08:29,:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 08:15:49AM -0800, Olatunji Ruwase wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>> I imagine that this issue has been discussed in the past, but I ve been
>>unable to find much information searching through the archives. So
>>pardon me for asking, but I m curious as to why there is no gdb support
>>for debugging v8plus applications (i.e 64 bit registers in a 32 bit
>>environment). Is it because this isnt important to users ?. Or is there
>>some other technical reason ?.
>>In other words will a patch for this support be accepted into gdb ?.
>
>
> Presumably it would be, if someone was interested in implementing it
> (along with filing an FSF copyright assignment).
>
Daniel,
I m interested in doing this work. Can I contact you directly with
questions I might while doing this ?
Thanks
tunji