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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:55:00 -0000
From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>
        "[patch/wip] i386 register groups" (Aug 26,  3:42pm)
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To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch/wip] i386 register groups
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On Aug 26,  3:42pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> Just to prove its possible :-)  The attached adds reggroups.[hc] (is 
> reggroup.[ch] a better name?) and then uses it in the i386.  It 
> certainly helps.  The new output looks like:
> 
> (gdb) info registers
> eax            0xbffff824       -1073743836
> ecx            0x0      0
[...]
> orig_eax       0xffffffff       -1
> 
> (ignoring orig_eax :-) while the [very] old output looks like:

Any opinion on what should be done about orig_eax?  I.e, does it really
belong in the "info registers" list?

[...]
> So I think its an improvement.

Yes, I agree.

Kevin