Re: RISC-V GDB Port v3

Palmer Dabbelt
2017-03-10T19:38:50Z

On Mon, 06 Mar 2017 20:30:27 PST (-0800), Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> Sorry it took me so long to get around to all the feedback, I was trying to
> finish up grad school so I could start working full time on RISC-V software and
> the GDB port fell through the cracks. This is now part of my job, so hopefully
> I'll be able to be better about this in the future.
>
> I've attempted to fix all the outstanding comments with the v2 patch set, but
> since it's been a while I'm not 100% sure I got everything. Here's the
> differences I remember since v2:
>
> * Changes the frame walking code to use riscv-opc.h instead of hard-coded
> constants.
>
> * Don't call deprecated functions when printing FP registers.
>
> * Use the sw_breakpoint_from_kind interface.
>
> * Add a RISC-V XML target description file, but I think it doesn't do anything
> yet.
>
> I think the only thing I know of that's bad is the target XML description file,
> which I don't think works yet. That said, I want to send this patch set out
> just so we can all get on the same page.
>
> If I understand correctly, GDB-8 is set to be branched on the 15th so if I can
> fix up our port quickly we can still get it in?
>
> Sorry this took so long!
>
> [PATCH 1/2] RISC-V GDB Port
> [PATCH 2/2] RISC-V sim Port

I just wanted to ping this patch set because I haven't gotten any comment all
week. Does anyone have any reviews, or do the patches look OK this time
around?