Re: PATCH: Support x86 pseudo registers

Daniel Jacobowitz
2010-03-02T15:04:56Z

On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 06:08:37AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 09:01:52AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> This patch supports 8bit, 16bit and 32bit x86 pseudo registers. OK
> >> to install?
> >
> > IMO, this is useful enough for a NEWS entry.
> >
>
> Like this?
>
> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> index 6cec32a..b29fa6c 100644
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
>
> *** Changes since GDB 7.1
>
> +* X86 pseudo registers
> +
> + GDB now supports 8bit, 16bit and 32bit x86 pseudo registers.
> +
> * Python scripting
>
> The GDB Python API now has access to symbols, symbol tables, and
>

That won't mean anything to users; they don't know what a pseudo
register is. Does the architecture have a standard name for these
things? Partial registers or something like that?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery