From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10536 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2011 03:28:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 10525 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Feb 2011 03:28:01 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:27:55 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32BE12BAB01; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:27:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24KNFbJ5a7W4; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:27:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E552BAAFC; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:27:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8050A1457E4; Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:27:45 +0400 (RET) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:34:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Mike Frysinger Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Pedro Alves Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sim: bfin: new port Message-ID: <20110216032745.GZ2384@adacore.com> References: <201011152039.08285.vapier@gentoo.org> <201102141710.54603.vapier@gmail.com> <201102151556.55943.pedro@codesourcery.com> <201102151656.34375.vapier@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201102151656.34375.vapier@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00350.txt.bz2 > it depends how you qualify it. this is not microcode that is loaded > at runtime and/or can be modified in any way. it is completely burned > into the hardware. every Blackfin processor has a static ROM when it > comes out of the factory sitting at address 0xef000000. [...] > sounds more like i'll just drop it for now since it is a minor part of > the bigger picture. I have found in the past that it is very easy to get a quick answer from the FSF regarding these matters. So, if you are considering "undropping" this part, you can send an email to assign@gnu.org. They usually answer within a couple of days. -- Joel