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Re: [PATCH] Allow writing to registers before the program starts

From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew dot stubbs at st dot com>
To: GDB Patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 10:39:59 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow writing to registers before the program starts
References: <4458B803.5050506@st.com> <20060503143952.GA5965@nevyn.them.org>

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

No, this patch is incorrect.  I don't recall exactly why, but I think
it will mess up writing to the saved registers after using "up".
I happen to know the actual cause of the problem you're trying to
fix; there's a nasty hack in CodeSourcery's branch to fix it, but
the real fix is more work than I've had time for yet.  It's a
representation problem.

OK, sorry. When I look at it more closely the patch doesn't do quite what I thought it did anyway.

This is all much more hideous than I had thought. I don't have either the time or the knowledge to fix the problem properly. Thanks for the hack - I'll just use that locally for the time-being.

Thanks

Andrew

References:
- [PATCH] Allow writing to registers before the program starts
  - From: Andrew STUBBS
- Re: [PATCH] Allow writing to registers before the program starts
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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