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Re: [PATCH V4 0/8] Intel(R) MPX register support
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: "Tedeschi, Walfred" <walfred dot tedeschi at intel dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:32:28 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/8] Intel(R) MPX register support
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: "Tedeschi, Walfred" <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 11:28:28 +0000
>
> We added first for GNU\Linux due to its importance.
> In order to support other target OSes the implementation has to be completely done; I assume there is very little to no common code between them.
I'm afraid I still don't understand. Could you please identify the
portions in the patch that are specific to GNU/Linux and will not work
on other x86-based targets? IOW, what "uncommon" code you had in mind
above?
Thanks.