Re: [PATCH 17/17] MIPS support

[Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>]

>>>>> "Sergio" == Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> writes:

Sergio> MIPS already has a definition of its signals inside mips-linux-tdep.h
Sergio> (see enum mips_signals).  I could have used them, but I chose to
Sergio> follow the standard and implement an enum containing only differences
Sergio> between MIPS and x86 signals.  In the battle between code duplication
Sergio> and code standardization, the latter won (in my head, at least).  But I
Sergio> am totally open to suggestions, and I even believe I know what I will
Sergio> hear: "Please, use mips_signals".

Sergio> Anyway, I thought it was worth raising this point here.

Thanks.

One thing I'm curious about is why the corresponding
gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target method is only implemented for MIPS, and
not for all Linux targets.

Consideration of this led me to another possible approach to the problem
you mention above: you could use your standard approach for the enum,
but also reimplement the MIPS gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target method to
follow.  This would be simpler there was already a generic implementation...

Tom