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Re: [RFA] Multiarch tm_print_insn


Eli Zaretskii writes:
 > > From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@cygnus.com>
 > > Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:19:14 -0400
 > > 
 > >  > > This patch multiarches tm_print_insn.
 > >  > > I changed all the direct callers to (*tm_print_insn), to use
 > >  > > the multiarch macro TARGET_PRINT_INSN.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Should this macro be documented in gdbint.texinfo?
 > > 
 > > In which section should it go?
 > 
 > The section "Target conditionals" sounds about right.

How about this?
[Note: I don't know how to reference correctly the 'opcodes' library.]

Elena


2001-09-04  Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>

	* gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Add
        explanation of TARGET_PRINT_INSN macro.

Index: gdbint.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -p -r1.35 gdbint.texinfo
--- gdbint.texinfo	2001/08/15 14:47:53	1.35
+++ gdbint.texinfo	2001/09/05 03:59:40
@@ -3566,6 +3566,17 @@ If non-zero, the target has support for 
 watchpoints.  @xref{Algorithms, watchpoints}, for more details and
 other related macros.
 
+@item TARGET_PRINT_INSN (@var{addr}, @var{info})
+@findex TARGET_PRINT_INSN
+This is the function used by @value{GDBN} to print an assembly
+instruction.  It prints the instruction at address @var{addr} in
+debugged memory abd returns the length of the instruction, in bytes.  If
+a target doesn't define its own printing routine, it defaults to an
+accessor function for the global pointer @var{tm_print_insn}. This
+usually points to a function in the @code{opcodes} library
+(@xref{,,opcodes}).  @var{info} is a structure defined in @code{opcodes}
+used to pass information to the instruction decoding routine.
+
 @item USE_STRUCT_CONVENTION (@var{gcc_p}, @var{type})
 @findex USE_STRUCT_CONVENTION
 If defined, this must be an expression that is nonzero if a value of the


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