From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29207 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2004 12:59:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 29190 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2004 12:59:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp05.retemail.es) (62.81.186.15) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 13 Dec 2004 12:59:41 -0000 Received: from smtp05 ([172.20.125.132]) by smtp05.retemail.es (InterMail vM.6.01.03.05 201-2131-111-107-20040910) with SMTP id <20041213125940.NFCK6734.smtp05.retemail.es@smtp05> for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:59:40 +0100 From: To: Subject: Re: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted? Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:59:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20041213125940.NFCK6734.smtp05.retemail.es@smtp05> X-SW-Source: 2004-12/txt/msg00086.txt.bz2 > > The mcore code has, unfortunatly, become very out of date. The > mainline hasn't built since 6.2 was released, and with 6.3 past that > broken code was dropped. This all came about because GDB's frame code > was rewritten from scratch and the mcore was never updated to work with > the new code. > > The way to revive the mcore isn't through votes, nominations, or > appointments, it's through code. A developer with an assignment > contributes code to current standards (most importantly does not use > deprecated interfaces) then it can very easily be re-integrated (and > they may quickly find themselves in a more responsible role). Any > questions on how to do it welcome(1). > > Andrew > > (1) Exprerience suggests that largely starting from scratch (using the > existing code as a guideline) is easier. This is because the bulk of > the current file is redundant. > Hi, I´m doing some academical research on mcore simulator and I briefly studied the sources for mcore simulator. Is that enough to be the new maintainer? I´m not up to date with changes in the simulator interface, but I could work with that. Jose Miguel Benitez