Re: Fix stack backtraces on 26-bit ARM

Andrew Cagney
2001-10-21T09:12:00Z

> On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Andrew Cagney wrote:
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>> Hmm, this could get interesting. A NetBSD/arm port of GDB would
>> certainly help improve the quality of the Arm GDB target. Your
>> contribution are going to be most welcome. Problem is, I can't find a
>> copyright assignment for you (you'll get a separate e-mail about this).
>> Can you please clarify your assignment status? Not having an
>> assignment can make things, er, interesting. At present your submitting
>> small simple bugs that can be described in simple english.
>
>
> I've signed assignments for GCC and Binutils. I'm happy to sign one for
> GDB as well. I haven't worked out quite who wrote our existing ARM GDB
> stuff: it was checked in by Todd Vierling, but I think the work was mostly
> done by Mark Brinicombe.

Yes, please get an assignment. It makes everyones life soooo much easier.

If you're not sure where the code came from and/or it isn't clear that
the original contributors have an assignment then you'll need to
``ignore'' it. Most recent *BSD contributors have ended up abandoning
their old branch, instead starting anew.

Having said that, the approach you appear to be taking looks to be the
right one - identify individual bugs and get them submitted/fixed.

>> The other thing to know is that patches should be against the current
>> trunk rather than the last release. 5.0 is just so old ...
>
>
> Unfortunately, 5.0 is what NetBSD is currently working towards using, so
> all my patches are likely to start life there. I'll do what I can to
> ensure they're still relevant to the trunk, though.

Hmm, something additional to note, GDB 5.1-branch and current both work
on many more NetBSD systems than 5.0. You man want to consider getting
current working first.

good luck!
Andrew