From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13495 invoked by alias); 24 Jan 2006 19:36:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 13481 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Jan 2006 19:36:07 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sibelius.xs4all.nl (HELO sibelius.xs4all.nl) (82.92.89.47) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:36:05 +0000 Received: from elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl (root@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl [192.168.0.2]) by sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0OJa1aY023860; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:36:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl (kettenis@localhost.sibelius.xs4all.nl [127.0.0.1]) by elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0OJa1d0010483; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:36:01 +0100 (CET) Received: (from kettenis@localhost) by elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k0OJa0fW021986; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:36:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:18:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200601241936.k0OJa0fW021986@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> From: Mark Kettenis To: Olatunji.Ruwase@Sun.COM CC: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <43D652B5.5060302@Sun.COM> (message from Olatunji Ruwase on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:15:49 -0800) Subject: Re: Debugging on v8plus References: <43D652B5.5060302@Sun.COM> Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00243.txt.bz2 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:15:49 -0800 > From: Olatunji Ruwase > > Hello, > > I imagine that this issue has been discussed in the past, but I ve been > unable to find much information searching through the archives. So > pardon me for asking, but I m curious as to why there is no gdb support > for debugging v8plus applications (i.e 64 bit registers in a 32 bit > environment). Is it because this isnt important to users ?. I'm not aware of any people who develop such applications, let alone people who have requested this feature. > Or is there some other technical reason ?. Not really except for the fact that it's a bit pointless to compicate gdb with code thyat nobody uses. A possible technical reason would be that it should be possible for gdb to recognize such v8plus binaries. > In other words will a patch for this support be accepted into gdb ?. If you think there are people who actually need this and the copyright on the changes is assigned to the FSF, there's no reason for us not to accept it. Mark