Re: [HEADS UP] Merging i386newframe into mailine

Andrew Cagney
2003-05-23T17:15:31Z

> Folks,
>
> Now that Elena en Michal have tested my i386newframe branch on amd64,
> and found it to be in a much better state than mainline, I think I can
> seriously consider bringing the new stuff over to mainline.
>
> This will give us:
>
> * Improvements to the prologue analyzer.
> * Support for DWARF CFI on i386.
>
> At the cost of:
>
> * Possibly breaking a few unmaintained i386 targets.
> * Possibly introducing bugs due to the DWARF CFI code.
> * Possibly exposing bugs lurking in the new frame unwinder code.
>
> This might lead to a delay in the GDB 6 release, or might force us to
> make a bugfix release pretty soon after the initial 6.0 release.

Ah, such is life :-)

> I think it's worth running these risks, especially since recent
> devlopments on Linux/i386 demand DWARF CFI support on the i386.
> Therefore I'll do the merge from next Thursday onwards, unless someone
> objects.

It's all marketing :-)

Only the ``early adaptors'' are likely to try a new even release. The
more serious users anticipating either 6.0.1 or 6.1.

:-^

Andrew