Ok, how about this alternate patch that blocks out reloading the .srec, .ihex, and .tekhex
parts for 64-bit-only platforms.

- Jeff J.

2003-08-22  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>

	* gdb.base/dump.exp: Don't reload .srec, .ihex, or .tekhex 32-bit
	formats when testing ia64.


Michael Snyder wrote:
> J. Johnston wrote:
> 
>> The dump.exp testcase doesn't run on ia64 because a number of the 
>> output formats
>> tested do not handle 64-bit addresses.  The following patch causes the 
>> test
>> to be ignored for ia64.  I tried unsuccessfully to move the data below 
>> the
>> 32-bit line as is done for the alpha.
>>
>> Ok to commit?  If so, ok for gdb 6.0?
> 
> 
> You couldn't just make it skip the bits that don't work for 64?
> Surely some of it works, say the elf parts?
> 
>>
>> -- Jeff J.
>>
>> 2003-08-22  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
>>
>>     * gdb.base/dump.exp: Skip for ia64.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Index: gdb.base/dump.exp
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp,v
>> retrieving revision 1.3
>> diff -u -r1.3 dump.exp
>> --- gdb.base/dump.exp    2 Jun 2003 15:51:24 -0000    1.3
>> +++ gdb.base/dump.exp    22 Aug 2003 19:45:23 -0000
>> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
>>      lappend options "additional_flags=-Wl,-taso"
>>  }
>>  
>> +if [istarget "ia64*-*-*"] then {
>> +    # SREC etc cannot handle 64-bit addresses.  Skip the test
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" 
>> executable ${options}] != "" } {
>>       gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests 
>> in this file will automatically fail."
>>  }
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