[RFA] 64-bit corefile support for Irix

[Michael Snyder]

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > This patch will allow gdb (and hopefully objdump/objcopy) to read
> > 64-bit corefiles on Irix native.
> 
> The file isn't maintained so ...
> 
> > 2002-09-05  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
> >
> >       * irix-core.c (do_sections, do_sections64): New functions.
> >       (irix_core_core_file_p): Call new functions do_sections,
> >       do_sections64, depending on corefile (32-bit or 64-bit).
> >
> > Index: irix-core.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/irix-core.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.7
> > diff -p -r1.7 irix-core.c
> > *** irix-core.c       6 Jan 2002 07:30:35 -0000       1.7
> > --- irix-core.c       5 Sep 2002 23:14:39 -0000
> > *************** static boolean irix_core_core_file_match
> > *** 50,55 ****
> > --- 50,154 ----
> >     PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *));
> >   static void swap_abort PARAMS ((void));
> >
> > + /* Helper function for irix_core_core_file_p:
> > +    32-bit and 64-bit versions.  */
> > +
> > + #ifdef CORE_MAGIC64
> 
> Where does the macro come from?  Should BFD provide it so that it can
> always be used.

It comes from a system header file on Irix.