Re: [PATCH]*3 Re: [RFC] "info powerpc"

Kevin Buettner
2005-09-16T17:45:13Z

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:56:02 -0400
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:10:39PM -0700, Paul Gilliam wrote:
> > My least favorite is the third one. While it's a clean fix to the
> > problem, it slams the door on any future 'info powerpc' sub-commands.
> > It also requires a fix so that prefix commands without any
> > sub-commands can be depreciated. Of course, we could just get rid of
> > the "info powerpc" command without depreciating it for a while
> > first....
>
> If you just remove it, you don't slam the door on anything. We can add
> it back the moment we've got a use for it.
>
> We have a common routine for printing vector registers; I would prefer
> using "info vector" instead of extending "info powerpc".

I favor this approach as well.

Kevin