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Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] Refactor shared code in i386-{nat,low}.[ch]
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>, gbenson at redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:10:16 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] Refactor shared code in i386-{nat,low}.[ch]
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On 06/18/2014 05:06 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> What is the whole point about this excercise?
Reduce duplication and thus reduce maintenance burden. The same code is
implemented twice, both in GDB and in GDBserver.
We've had to patch both sides of the fence several times in the
past years. If we had already had this, it would have saved effort.
Can't rewrite history now, but we can avoid similar duplicate effort
in the future. This specific bit is mentioned explicitly in:
https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/Common#Arch-specific_bits_of_the_target_backends
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Pedro Alves