[COMMIT] OpenBSD/mips64 target and native support
Andrew Cagney
cagney@gnu.org
Mon Nov 1 00:48:00 GMT 2004
Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:07:16 -0500
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>
> > Scaring away contributors by making unreasonable demands isn't a
> > sensible thing to do.
>
> Our situtation here is identical to what we encountered with basic
> multi-arch, the frame code, the regcace code, the function call code.
> There, with our help and co-operation, people not just stepped up to,
> but also exceeded the challenge.
>
> I strongly disagree. The shared library code touches core parts of
> GDB. There's no way an outsider is going to be able to fix that
> properly, especially since changes will have to be tested on a
> multitude of platforms. There is also absolutely no visible benefit
> from making the required changes. This is something the shared
> library maintainer and core maintainers have to sort out. It's going
> to take quite a bit of time to do so.
Blank [puzzled] expression.
This code is generic.
We already have optional svr4 shlibs working.
All our key platforms are svr4.
We've never required testing across a ``multitude of platforms''.
We strongly encourage cleanups.
So what's so hard about this? Especially when, the core maintainers
will be helping with the task.
Andrew
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