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Re: Patch fallen through the cracks?
- To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Patch fallen through the cracks?
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 02:22:48 +1100
- CC: Scott Bambrough <scottb at netwinder dot org>, GDB Patches Mail List <gdb-patches at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <38C7ADD4.A6697C36@netwinder.org> <38C7BD11.9A8188CF@redhat.com>
Fernando Nasser wrote:
>
> Scott Bambrough wrote:
> >
> > Can someone approve this patch please. It shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00367.html
> >
>
> I would rather have it xfail'ed. It means that we know this test won't
> work on this platform but it is not ding what we want (this is what pass
> would mean).
I thought the patch was basically correct - the arm has that brain dead
wacko swapped double format.
The only suggestion I've had made would be to test a more generic
attribute indicating the exact format of a double V long rather than
test the arm target. Other platforms can have the same problem.
enjoy,
Andrew