Re: [PATCH] gdb/solib-frv: remove manual memory management

Kevin Buettner
2026-02-19T07:14:56Z

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:34:26 -0700
Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> wrote:

> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> writes:
>
> >> I can only build-test this.
>
> Kevin> I haven't had access to an FR-V machine in a long, long time, so I
> Kevin> can't properly test it either.
>
> Do you know whether they still exist and/or are relevant?
>
> I wonder if this is more obsolete code that we could remove.

I don't know whether FR-V chips are still a available and/or in use.
But I do know that the FDPIC shared library ABI has been used for
other MMU-less linux architectures (including ARM) too. I think it
might be a good idea to hang onto FDPIC support for a while longer.

There's a somewhat recent write-up on these topics here:

https://maskray.me/blog/2024-02-20-mmu-less-systems-and-fdpic

Kevin