RFA: gdb/i386-linux-nat.c

Jim Blandy jimb@cygnus.com
Tue Oct 12 09:23:00 GMT 1999


> > I wish there were a test that caught this problem, but since GDB can't
> > print FP variables in registers on the x86 anyway, it's a little
> > difficult to write a portable test that shows this off.
> 
> Can I assume I still can exam values in FP registers under Linux/x86?

You can still examine values in registers, but you can't reliably
print variables which live in FP registers.  This is a long-standing
problem.


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