From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14191 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2014 21:09:37 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 14177 invoked by uid 89); 10 Mar 2014 21:09:36 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:09:35 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s2AL9Sij011082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:09:28 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (ovpn-113-26.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.26]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s2AL9QkR020459 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:09:27 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (greed.delorie.com [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s2AL9PcW015529; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:09:25 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id s2AL9PZB015528; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:09:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:09:00 -0000 Message-Id: <201403102109.s2AL9PZB015528@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: Mike Frysinger CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, nickc@redhat.com In-reply-to: <1394256493-15084-2-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> (message from Mike Frysinger on Sat, 8 Mar 2014 00:28:12 -0500) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] sim: msp430: set initial PC to ELF entry if available References: <1394256493-15084-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <1394256493-15084-2-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-03/txt/msg00249.txt.bz2 In the case where there *is* a valid reset vector, I think it would be much better to honor it than to choose some other "arbitrary" (in terms of hardware simulation) entry point. Just because the other simulators don't accurately simulate the hardware, doesn't mean they all shouldn't. Also, the libgloss for msp430 always sets a valid reset vector, so all the "simple ELFs" you create should already work.