From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13606 invoked by alias); 16 Oct 2009 16:14:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 13595 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Oct 2009 16:14:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from shell4.BAYAREA.NET (HELO shell4.bayarea.net) (209.128.82.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:14:38 +0000 Received: (qmail 3856 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2009 09:14:36 -0700 Received: from 209-128-106-254.bayarea.net (HELO redwood.eagercon.com) (209.128.106.254) by shell4.bayarea.net with SMTP; 16 Oct 2009 09:14:35 -0700 Message-ID: <4AD89BE9.10105@eagercon.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:14:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090825) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Tromey , Joel Brobecker , Michael Eager , "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support for Xilinx MicroBlaze References: <4AD74E86.1020500@eagercon.com> <20091015164724.GC5272@adacore.com> <20091016125306.GA22015@caradoc.them.org> In-Reply-To: <20091016125306.GA22015@caradoc.them.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-10/txt/msg00366.txt.bz2 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:03:45PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote: >> In fact I'd be interested to hear how gdb has dealt with this problem in >> the past. I'm also sure this won't be the last time we're in this >> situation. > > In general, I'm not reluctant to make folks use an older GDB with an > older compiler. Users who get a prebuilt toolchain from Xilinx - > probably the majority - won't be affected by the switch. It may be possible to make this change as part of Xilinx's next toolchain release. I'll discuss this with them. But I would be reluctant to break backward compatibility unless there was a more compelling reason. -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077