Re: RFA: Recognize 'x' in response to 'p' packet

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 05:35:23PM -0500, Jim Blandy wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> > I know this came up a bit already, but could you elaborate on why you
> > had to silently provide a value of 0?  We do have a defined interface
> > for 'currently not available', though we do not use it well.  This
> > isn't support for the xx response, just a workaround.
> 
> I just missed it.  Is this (untested!) what you're looking for?
> 
> 2004-12-17  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* remote.c (fetch_register_using_p): Recognize a register value
> 	starting with 'x' as indicating an unfetchable register.

More or less.  Spelling, formatting, and the fallthrough here:

> !   /* If this register is unfetchable, tell the regcache.  */
> !   if (buf[0] == 'x')
> !     {
> !       regcache_raw_supply (current_regcache, regnum, NULL);
> !       set_register_cached (regnum, -1);

          return <something>;

>       }
>   
> !   /* Otherwise, parse and supply the value.  */

My real question, though, is what you needed this for - and whether
marking the register unavailable fixes it.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz