Re: [PATCH v3] gdb: clean up x86 cpuid implementations

Pedro Alves
2013-06-19T15:55:47Z

On 06/19/2013 04:20 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> technically, i386-cpuid.h was spawned from the gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-
> cpuid.h which itself was spawned from the gcc sources (and both include the
> exception) which is why the header was retained.
> then again, FSF owns both, so if we want to drop that, it shouldn't be an
> issue. doesn't matter to me either way.

I'd rather make the GDB header plain GPLv3+. I find it simpler and least
surprising if the header with the exception is only the verbatim(-ish) gcc
imported header. Later on, if/when we want to move/add code to/from the
GDB-specific header, we won't have to bother with this detail again.

Thanks,
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Pedro Alves