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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.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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