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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Towards better x86 system debugging support
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:44:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090105034419.GA20581@caradoc.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4960BAC8.7020801@web.de>

On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 02:34:00PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> The question for me is how to extend the protocol precisely. I guess we
> need some new qSupported feature. But should we then, if both sides
> agreed on it, switch to a completely new register set or rather exchange
> those additional registers separately, ie. via some new packet?

No new feature required.  Take a look at the description of
target-described registers in the current manual; we'd just need
a naming convention for the x86 control registers of interest to GDB.
That solves your other issue too about width.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-05  3:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-04 13:34 Jan Kiszka
2009-01-05  3:44 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2009-01-05  8:52   ` GDB MI and actual type of a pointer or reference Elmenthaler, Jens
2009-01-05  9:36   ` Towards better x86 system debugging support Jan Kiszka
2009-01-06 15:14     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-01-05 20:20 ` Mark Kettenis
2009-01-06 12:13   ` Jan Kiszka
2009-05-29 19:20     ` Samuel Bronson
2009-05-31  9:36       ` Jan Kiszka
2009-01-06 23:59 ` Doug Evans

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