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Re: RFA: Try to include libunwind-ia64.h in libunwind-frame.h

On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:

>>>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> Pedro> Besides, you can't make libunwind-frame.c ia64-exclusive
> Pedro> (whatever that means, though I assume basically file and function
> Pedro> renaming) without fixing the libunwind.h header problem.
> 
> I mostly tuned out of this thread, but I am curious to know if someone
> has a reason we would ever want to expand our use of libunwind.
> Does it provide some benefit over gdb's built-in unwinders?

>From what I understand, libunwind doesn't handle endianness, so I think the cross support is somewhat weak.

Tristan.
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