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Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?

To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
Subject: Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:40:42 -0500
Cc: Jim Blandy <jimb at cygnus dot com>, GDB Discussion <gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
References: <3A2C4305.6D9E53B3@cygnus.com> <np1yvm8plo.fsf@zwingli.cygnus.com> <3A2D84F3.48F372E@cygnus.com> <o566kx22eo.fsf@touchme.toronto.redhat.com> <3A2ED425.5154AD47@cygnus.com>

Hi -

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:04:53AM +1100, Andrew Cagney wrote:
: > [what about other packets?]
: [...]
: The ``gG'' packets will most likely be as they currently are for ever.
: The ``pP'' packets [... maybe via a heuristic...]

If not all packets can be converted, then what is the point of
permitting network byte ordering in only a few spots?  Is there
some redeeming value to counter the entropy of inconsistency?

- FChE

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References:
- [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
  - From: Andrew Cagney
- Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
  - From: Jim Blandy
- Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
  - From: Andrew Cagney
- Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
  - From: Frank Ch. Eigler
- Re: [remote] Make registers network byteordered?
  - From: Andrew Cagney

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