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Re: [RFC] gdb.server testcases (resend)


On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 01:15:20PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Yes, this will not work.  The correct way to handle this is to wait
> until I have implemented the available target features proposal I've
> posted on gdb@, and then I can make gdbserver inform GDB that 64-bit
> registers are available so that it will expect them.
> 
> This will require some surgery in GDB, I'm sure.  The way MIPS
> implements this is not very reliable.

I should add: it won't work for LinuxThreads libthread_db-based
debugging either.  I don't know if it will work for NPTL, but I hope
that it will.  Some changes were made to libthread_db to support this.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC


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