From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch] Add PS_REGNUM.
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 14:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CB0B559.3000306@cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020407165937.A30127@nevyn.them.org>
> I think it is the other way round. PS_REGNUM is the only one being used
>> correctly - when >=0, std-regs.c (new file) maps $ps onto a
>> hardware/pseudo register. Cf the GDB manual.
>>
>> On the other hand FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM and SP_REGNUM that are being used
>> ``incorrectly''(1). They have no meaning outside of std-regs.c yet are
>> used throughout GDB.
>
>
> So what you're saying is that you added PS_REGNUM so that it could be
> used as a standard $ps register name, not for the rest of GDB, right?
Yes. And that is how FP_REGNUM et.al. should be used ....
> I don't really see the point; anyone who wants to look at the processor
> status register presumably knows what some of the bits in it mean,
> which is entirely architecture dependant. But caveat implementor :)
Who am I to argue with the documentation :-)
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-07 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-06 12:26 Andrew Cagney
2002-04-07 11:35 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-04-07 11:54 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-04-07 13:59 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-04-07 14:08 ` Andrew Cagney [this message]
2002-04-07 14:12 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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