From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Cc: macro@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS/Linux: Update the number of pseudo registers too
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:26:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111208090415.GJ21915@adacore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201112080858.pB88wBu2008282@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl>
> > > Similarly to the previous general MIPS change (pc_regnum and sp_regnum)
> > > the Linux backend needs to update the number of pseudo registers as it
> > > adds the "restart" register. No regressions in mips-linux-gnu testing
> > > (native and remote). OK to apply?
> >
> > I don't understand this one. Isn't the register added to the list of
> > normal registers, rather than pseudo registers?
>
> MIPS is a bit weird, since all register access is done via pseudo
> registers to deal with 32-bit vs. 64-bit issues (in particular,
> supporting a 32-bit ABI on 64-bit hardware).
Aha, thanks! So that would indeed mean that Maciej's patch should be
correct, right?
--
Joel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-08 9:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 22:26 Maciej W. Rozycki
2011-12-08 8:37 ` Joel Brobecker
2011-12-08 9:04 ` Mark Kettenis
2011-12-08 9:26 ` Joel Brobecker [this message]
2011-12-08 12:36 ` Mark Kettenis
2012-02-27 21:37 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2011-12-08 13:49 ` Joel Brobecker
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