From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9072 invoked by alias); 4 Mar 2007 21:34:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 9061 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Mar 2007 21:34:40 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from shell4.bayarea.net (HELO shell4.bayarea.net) (209.128.82.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:34:37 +0000 Received: (qmail 3993 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2007 13:34:35 -0800 Received: from 209-128-106-254.bayarea.net (HELO ?192.168.20.7?) (209.128.106.254) by shell4.bayarea.net with SMTP; 4 Mar 2007 13:34:35 -0800 Message-ID: <45EB3B6A.30504@eagercon.com> Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:34:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070102) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Upgrading from old gdb version Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-03/txt/msg00047.txt.bz2 I'm trying to upgrade a proprietary target from an old (well ancient) version of gdb (version 5.3) to the current version. In some areas, there have been major changes, for example, in handling frames and analyzing a function prologue. Looking at the documentation, there are several places in the chapter on Target Architecture Definition which either are empty (e.g., Frame Interpretation) or there are notes which say that the documentation is obsolete (Raw and Virtual Register Representations). The notes refer to the bug database and AR index. Unfortunately, I can't really see anything in either which give me much of a clue. Can someone suggest a starting point? -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077