Re: [patch] Add support for VFP d16 layout for Cortex-M4

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl@eCosCentric.com>]

On 19/04/12 16:45, Terry Guo wrote:
> 
> I support this patch and your idea that using g_packet_guess is
> smarter and more flexible. I will try your patch out when I am at
> office tomorrow. What kind of board and gdb stub are you using?
> Currently I only have a STM32F4 board in hand but couldn't find a
> suitable gdb stub to access its FPU registers. Such functionality in
> OpenOCD is still in development. Do you have any recommendations on
> gdb stub for M4 board?

It is currently work in progress in eCos, but as yet uncommitted (far more
info and history than you need to know is here:
<http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001524>). Most
development is taking place on a Freescale Kinetis board, primarily by
Ilija Kocho, with me interfering along the way ;-). The eCos changes still
need to be reviewed before they're committed.

STM32F4 is likely to follow very soon after. Ironically, it's not likely
to be committed until we have some confidence that what goes into GDB will
match up with what the stub is doing! We wouldn't want to commit something
that has to change in an incompatible way.

Jifl
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