Re: question about GDB message

["The Westlakers" <westlakers@gmail.com>]

On 9/25/07, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 05:27:13AM -0700, The Westlakers wrote:
> > So I did this:
> >
> > ./configure --target=sparc64-elf, is this right? the resulting GDB
> > becomes 32-bit app
> > and it can talk to the target in 32-mode, but not 64-bit.
> >
> > Maybe you could help to make sure I configured it right.
>
> That's right.  It shouldn't matter that the GDB is 32-bit.  What goes
> wrong talking to a 64-bit target?

when GDB issues 'g' packet to the target, the target returns all reg
values in 64-bit,
but the GDB interprets it as 32-bit, so 'info reg' will not show
correct register values.
if the target returns in 32-bit values, then info reg can display all
values correctly.

do not know what is wrong.

thanks
>
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