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Re: gregset vs prgregset vs elf_gregset in thread_db
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: gregset vs prgregset vs elf_gregset in thread_db
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:16:47 -0400
- Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <20010618120608.A27634@nevyn.them.org> <20010625190557.A19748@nevyn.them.org> <200106260525.WAA00623@geoffk.org> <20010625221537.A559@nevyn.them.org> <200106261659.JAA00897@geoffk.org> <20010626225323.A7850@nevyn.them.org> <20010914220557.A32747@nevyn.them.org> <m3lmjhnouo.fsf@myware.mynet>
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:56:47PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:
>
> > I posted this patch three months ago and no one objected; could it
> > please be applied?
>
> There is absolutely no reason to apply this.
Why not?
Without them, a prgregset_t on, say, MIPS/Linux does not have enough
space to fit some important registers - like the PC. That makes it
just about impossible to debug threads. If you won't apply the patch,
what do you suggest as an alternative?
--
Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer