[wip:binutils] Large corefile support

[Andreas Jaeger]

Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On the i386, GDB has problems when a corefile is >2gb.  The problems
> are directly attributable to BFD's use of:
> 	typedef long file_ptr;
> and
> 	fseek (FILE *stream, long int offset, int whence)
> The attached, when combined with a BFD/GDB configured / built with
> --enable-64-bit-bfd, lets GDB handle corefiles >2gb, per this test:
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-01/msg00358.html

Does this work with the Linux kernel?  I heard recently that the Linux
kernel does not create core files larger than 2 GB :-(

Andreas
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