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To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
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Subject: Re: Moving to GDB_MULTI_ARCH_PARTIAL 
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Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 01:38:00 -0000
From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
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ac131313@cygnus.com said:
> this suggests REGISTER_CONVERTIBLE doesn't need to be immediatly
> converted.

> However, it also explains why, at level one, it isn't strict about
> overriding macros.  Given a case like the i386, the base cpu may be
> multi-arched but the variants (tm-ptx.h and tm-symmetry.h) may not.
> This again lets them continue to build and work. 


So if they can continue to work with the existing definitions, why aren't 
REGISTER_CONVERTIBLE and PUSH_ARGUMENTS level 2?

R.