[patch/rfc] Provide a default ``info float''
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@ges.redhat.com
Mon Aug 12 11:55:00 GMT 2002
> On Aug 10, 3:09pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>
>> It has always struck me as weird that GDB would report:
>>
>> (gdb) info float
>> No floating point info available for this processor.
>>
>> when debugging platforms that I knew had floating-point registers (PPC,
>> ...).
>>
>> This patch modifies the ``info float'' command so that, if there is no
>> architecture specific code, it at least prints the floating-point registers.
>
>
> What does it do when there truly are no floating point registers?
>
> (I think I remember seeing some complaints in the past regarding the
> fact that fp registers were being displayed even though the processor
> being used had no fp registers. Personally, this never bothered me,
> but clearly it bothers some folks.)
It prints [dig dig]
+
fprintf_filtered (file, "\
+No floating-point info available for this processor.\n");
Andrew
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