From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13136 invoked by alias); 22 Jan 2002 10:46:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 13090 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2002 10:46:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mirapoint.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.20) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2002 10:46:43 -0000 Received: from zaretsky (diup-218-185.inter.net.il [213.8.218.185]) by mirapoint.inter.net.il (Mirapoint) with ESMTP id BDT82572; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:46:33 +0200 (IST) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 02:46:00 -0000 From: "Eli Zaretskii" To: msnyder@redhat.com Message-Id: <8361-Tue22Jan2002124617+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> X-Mailer: emacs 21.2.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 CC: fnf@redhat.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <3C4D0FF4.57D1@redhat.com> (message from Michael Snyder on Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:08:36 -0800) Subject: Re: [RFC] "info registers" is misleading Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <200201220651.g0M6pMe17608@fred.ninemoons.com> <3C4D0FF4.57D1@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-01/txt/msg00686.txt.bz2 > Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:08:36 -0800 > From: Michael Snyder > > This is an old old issue. The frame pointer register > is special. Info registers does not show the actual > value of the fp register -- it shows the virtual frame pointer > (the address of the function's stack frame). Usually > it's the same value -- unles you're in a frameless function > (ie. one that does not use the frame pointer register). Shouldn't we document this? I can write up the change, if you tell me that the above description is all that there is to it. TIA