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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ptype.exp fail in MIPS
From: Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
To: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>, Hui Zhu <hui_zhu@mentor.com>, 	gdb-patches ml <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
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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?