PATCH ARM add new set/show arm commands

Andrew Cagney ac131313@redhat.com
Tue Mar 25 15:19:00 GMT 2003


>> > Are you suggesting I should change the option name to "set arm 
>> > disassembler"?  If so, I've no problem with that.  If not, what are you 
> 
>> 
>> Yes, just "set arm disassembler".  Er, actually, is "set arm 
>> disassembler-options" better?  Either name is more in line with the 
>> existing objdump --disassembler-options option.
> 
> 
> I'm not entirely happy with the idea of forcing this method to be 
> identical to the objdump machinery.  In particular, the current objdump 
> flags available to gdb are all prefixed by reg-names- and in gdb this is 
> not accepted by gdb.
> 
> Further, there is another option in the arm disassembler-options command 
> that is not available to gdb -- force-thumb.  Something like this is 
> needed for gdb, but not at this level.  For gdb a proper flag that is 
> visible to the rest of the debugger, not just the assembler is needed.  
> Further, that flag needs to be a 3-state one, ARM, Thumb and auto.  
> Forcing the state will affect things like breakpoint insertion etc.
> 
> I think I'd rather keep the option as "set arm disassembler" to make these 
> distinctions clear.  Thoughts?

M'kay.  Can you add a note to that effect to the bug report (the i386 
needs a similar treatment).

Andrew




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