[commit/mips] frame conversion, pass #1

Andrew Cagney cagney@gnu.org
Mon Feb 9 16:24:00 GMT 2004


> On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 12:42:51AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> This is is the first pass of converting the MIPS to the new frame code. 
>>  This pass gets the MIPS using the new framework (but with a hybrid 
>> heuristic + proc_desc unwinder).  Later passes will gut much of the now 
>> dead code, and split things into two unwinders.  I've committed it now 
>> cos the 64-bit results are sooo much better (like it works) - not bad 
>> for an afternoon hack.
>> 
>> Note that it still lacks sigtramp unwinders.
> 
> 
> I'll be delighted to fix that (for linux at least) - I've got local
> ones, but the way I integrated them with the existing IRIX (?) sigtramp
> code was so unspeakably gross that I decided to wait until the new
> frame code was ready :)

Yes.

Andrew




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