Re: [HEADS UP] Merging i386newframe into mailine

Andrew Cagney
2003-05-26T15:31:24Z

>> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 18:52:54 +0200 (CEST)
>> From: Mark Kettenis <kettenis@chello.nl>
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>> * Possibly breaking a few unmaintained i386 targets.
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> Could the DJGPP (a.k.a. go32) target be one of those?
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>> I think it's worth running these risks, especially since recent
>> devlopments on Linux/i386 demand DWARF CFI support on the i386.
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> OTOH, GDB 6 will have many valuable fixes, and it would be a pity to
> deny those features from users of platforms that could be broken by
> the merge.
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> So how about waiting for 6.1 with the merge?

(mark, correct?)
I believe any potential i386 problems should be confined to things like
signal handlers (unwinding through, or from them).

Basic break-main;run functionality should be fine (in fact slightly
better because the non CFI unwinder was also improved).

Andrw