Re: [rfa:rs6000] Framefy rs6000 (and GNU/Linux PPC)

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

> This will leave AIX.  At present it is handled with the blatant hack:
> 
> +    default:
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_save_dummy_frame_tos (gdbarch, generic_save_dummy_frame_tos);
> +      set_gdbarch_believe_pcc_promotion (gdbarch, 1);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_pop_frame (gdbarch, rs6000_pop_frame);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frame_args_address (gdbarch, rs6000_frame_args_address);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frame_locals_address (gdbarch, rs6000_frame_args_address);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_saved_pc_after_call (gdbarch, rs6000_saved_pc_after_call);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frameless_function_invocation (gdbarch, rs6000_frameless_function_invocation);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frame_chain (gdbarch, rs6000_frame_chain);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frame_saved_pc (gdbarch, rs6000_frame_saved_pc);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_frame_init_saved_regs (gdbarch, rs6000_frame_init_saved_regs);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_init_extra_frame_info (gdbarch, rs6000_init_extra_frame_info);
> +      set_gdbarch_deprecated_init_frame_pc_first (gdbarch, rs6000_init_frame_pc_first);
> 
> while that might be ok for the 6.1 branch, I don't think it is ok for the mainline.  We've already waited too long for someone to frameify the PPC :-(  Do you or Peter have timely plans for fixing that part of the code? 

Kevin, Peter?

Andrew