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Re: RFC: Available registers as a target property
- From: Paul Schlie <schlie at comcast dot net>
- To: Chris Zankel <zankel at tensilica dot com>,Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>,<gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 18:39:25 -0400
- Subject: Re: RFC: Available registers as a target property
> Chris Zankel <zankel@tensilica.com> writes:
> I am wondering if it would also make sense to support the other way around and
> let GDB tell the target about the processor/register configuration. A scenario
> for this would be where GDB talks to an OCD daemon (=target) that controls the
> processor via JTAG. The daemon wouldn't need to know everything about the
> processor configuration.
Would seem sensible to consider, especially coming from a company with a
better perspective on the requirements of "configurable" processors than
most?