Re: [rfc] Remove default_gcore_mach from gcore.c

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@specifix.com>]

On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 10:15 +0100, Markus Deuling wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> this patch remvoes default_gcore_mach as it seems to be useless (always returns 0). I tested it on x86 and testsuite showed no
> regressions. What do you think? Is this funtion still useful?
> 
> Ok to commit?

I'd prefer you didn't remove it.  It's a bit of unfinished
infrastructure, a place holder if you will.

The idea is to someday get the gcore command working on 
more generic targets such as "target remote", so that
gdb can suck a corefile image out of them without any
particular help from the native system.

> 
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* gcore.c (default_gcore_mach): Remove.
> 
> 
> plain text document attachment (diff-gcore)
> diff -urpN src/gdb/gcore.c dev/gdb/gcore.c
> --- src/gdb/gcore.c	2008-01-01 23:53:09.000000000 +0100
> +++ dev/gdb/gcore.c	2008-01-17 09:38:48.000000000 +0100
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
>  
>  static char *default_gcore_target (void);
>  static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
> -static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
>  static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
>  
>  /* Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
> @@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
>    old_chain = make_cleanup_bfd_close (obfd);
>  
>    bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
> -  bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
>  
>    /* An external target method must build the notes section.  */
>    note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
> @@ -118,24 +116,6 @@ gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
>    return;
>  }
>  
> -static unsigned long
> -default_gcore_mach (void)
> -{
> -#if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
> -  return 0;
> -#else
> -
> -  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (current_gdbarch);
> -
> -  if (bfdarch != NULL)
> -    return bfdarch->mach;
> -  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
> -    error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
> -
> -  return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
> -#endif /* 1 */
> -}
> -
>  static enum bfd_architecture
>  default_gcore_arch (void)
>  {