[RFA/RFC] Restore old handling of multi-register variables

[Pedro Alves]

On Thursday 06 October 2011 21:10:53, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > This is a bit a step backwards in that it doesn't allow
> > marking parts of the value as unavailable when the type
> > is longer than one register.  get_frame_register_value
> > was invented to allow for partially available registers.
> 
> I understand.
> 
> The bummer part is that I'm entering my busiest time of the year,
> and I haven't followed all this close enough to whip up a quick fix.
> So I'll keep that on my list to look at. Note that AVR will
> have to remain completely broken. We'll just have to add a note
> if we release 7.4 with that problem.

Well, your patch doesn't really make it worse, so I won't
object if you want to put it in.  It's not perfect, but it's
better than what we have now, which doesn't work even
for fully available values.

-- 
Pedro Alves