Re: Towards better x86 system debugging support

Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-01-05T03:44:32Z

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.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery