Re: [PATCH] Fix ptype.exp fail in MIPS

[Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:40 AM, Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 05/13/2014 05:09 AM, Hui Zhu wrote:
>>>> ptype $pc
>>>> type = int32_t
>>>> (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/ptype.exp: ptype $pc
>>>> This is because the $pc register in MIPS is set to int but not code_ptr.
>>>> And according to the discussion in
>>>> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00020.html, the type cannot be
>>>> changed.
>>>
>>> Hmm, that's not what I get from this branch of the discussion:
>>>
>>>  https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00021.html
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00032.html
>> Do you think add ptr64 or $_xx is OK for you to handle this issue?
>
> IIUC it's not just adding $_xx but changing the type of $pc so that
> ptype.exp will pass as is.
> Is that correct?

I am not sure.  But looks we cannot do that in MIPS.
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00028.html
Maciej introduced in this part.

Thanks,
Hui