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Re: PowerPC non-"sysv"
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:51:46 -0400
- Subject: Re: PowerPC non-"sysv"
- References: <20070420142056.GA6945@caradoc.them.org>
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 10:20:56AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Right now, we have two different supported ABIs to call functions on
> PowerPC. Which to use is determined by:
>
> sysv_abi = info.abfd && bfd_get_flavour (info.abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour;
>
> What do we still support that this applies to, besides AIX? I'm
> planning to implement a "set powerpc abi" command, like the equivalent
> ARM one; it will default to auto, which will make the same choice it
> does now, but I'm not sure what to call the options.
I still think it's basically AIX (and Darwin which we don't support);
we currently enable it for NetBSD a.out too, but I bet that's not what
we should be doing.
However, I no longer need an answer to this question; I'm breaking it
down differently.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery