From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
To: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, simon.marchi@polymtl.ca,
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb/solib-frv: remove manual memory management
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:14:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260219001413.336f3025@f42-zbm-amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v7ft7vf1.fsf@tromey.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-19 7:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-17 21:16 simon.marchi
2026-02-17 23:32 ` Kevin Buettner
2026-02-18 18:34 ` Tom Tromey
2026-02-19 7:14 ` Kevin Buettner [this message]
2026-02-20 18:05 ` Simon Marchi
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