Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> Yes, exactly.  You'll have to update the list in gdbarch.sh,
> and run the script to regenerate gdbarch.c and gdbarch.h.
> 

Ok, here's my first shot at this new approach for writing core files. I 
had to add a new BFD function (binutils patch is attached as well - I'll 
submit this to the binutils mailing list later) and I didn't include the 
fill_register fallbacks in the new implementation.

I believe a similar loop could also be used in -tdep.c files to read the 
core files as well, right?

Only wrote the code for ppc, but this could be easily expanded to other 
archs, adding modifications similar to those I did in ppc-linux-tdep.c.

I think this first code is very raw, but I believe we can improve it and 
use this approach for all archs in the future.

Opinions / suggestions?

Regards,

-- 
Carlos Eduardo Seo
Software Engineer
IBM Linux Technology Center