Hi Luis, This version of the patch fixes what you suggested. Also, I removed some unecessary checks regarding PPC32/64. Regards, -- Sérgio Durigan Júnior Linux on Power Toolchain - Software Engineer Linux Technology Center - LTC IBM Brazil 2009-01-21 Sergio Durigan Junior * ppc-linux-nat.c (have_ptrace_getsetregs): New variable. (have_ptrace_getsetfpregs): Likewise. fetch_all_gp_regs): New function. (fetch_gp_regs): New function. (fetch_all_fp_regs): Likewise. (fetch_fp_regs): New function. (fetch_ppc_registers): Using the new methods to fetch general- purpose and floating-pointer registers. (store_all_gp_regs): New function. (store_gp_regs): Likewise. (store_all_fp_regs): New function. (store_fp_regs): Likewise. (store_ppc_registers): Using the new methods to store general- purpose and floating-pointer registers.