Re: odd (inappropriate?) sparc references in sim

[Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>]

Dave Korn wrote:
> Joel Sherrill wrote:
>
>   
>> ./m32r/sim-if.c:  /* Store in a global so things like sparc32_dump_regs
>> can be invoked
>> ./iq2000/sim-if.c:  /* Store in a global so things like
>> sparc32_dump_regs can be invoked
>>
>> I am not sure about the endianness comment but the
>> sparc32_dump_regs one looks incorrect.
>>     
>
>   Well, dunno what sparc32_dump_regs is or ever was, but the important
> property it must have had that made this comment want to refer to it is that
> it needed a a static pointer to the current SIM_DESC because it didn't get one
> passed in as an argument.
>
>   It appears that frv/mloop.in and a private port I'm developing are the only
> actual users of this static.  Unless I've misread the code (possible since I'm
> only grepping it without context) every other use is just to set its current
> value, in either startup or main loop code.
>
>   
I will leave it to you to decide if this comment should be changed/improved.

I just found it odd. :)

--joel
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
>
>
>   


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