Is elf_gregset_t the correct type for all Linuxen?
Michael Snyder
msnyder@cygnus.com
Thu May 25 11:36:00 GMT 2000
Mark Kettenis wrote:
>
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:33:30 -0700
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com>
> Now, i386-linux-nat.c uses a different data type for
> this function, "elf_gregset_t". I'm wondering if all
> the flavors of Linux gdb should be using this type
> as well?
>
> All Linux architectures define elf_gregset_t, and AFAICT this always
> is the right definitions to use for core dumps and in ptrace requests.
> On architectures other than the i386 gregset_t will probably work,
> unless the i386 implementation was blindly copied.
OK, so I could replace gregset_t with elf_gregset_t
for all linux targets throughout GDB. Correct?
Michael
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