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Re: harvard architectures - the d10v
- To: David Taylor <taylor at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: harvard architectures - the d10v
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:33:11 -0800
- Cc: Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>, Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>, Nick Duffek <nsd at cygnus dot com>, Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>, Jim Blandy <jimb at cygnus dot com>, GDB Discussion <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <200102082118.QAA07810@texas.cygnus.com>
David Taylor wrote:
> Andrew Cagney writes:
> > So a meta question, how should GDB behave when it comes to a harvard
> > architecture?
>
> Is "Harvard Architecture" really the best name for this?
> Seems to me it includes only a small subset of the total set of
> architectures that have multiple address spaces for different uses.
>
> It could have multiple address spaces for a variety of reasons -- for
> example, the Sony Playstation 2, if I recall correctly, has 5 total
> processors in it of 2 (or is it 3?) different types. Each has its own
> memory.
True. Multiple address spaces for a single thread. Singleing out
harvard architecture was probably badness on my part.
> Are there issues people wish to discuss beyond the issues that arise
> as a result of multiple address spaces?
Please don't. Lets fix one bug and then worry about the next.
Andrew