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Re: [RFA] mips: Fix "info registers" output
> Right now, for MIPS, builtin_type_double always means "whichever of
> builtin_type_ieee_double_{big,little} is appropriate" and likewise
> for builtin_type_float. (I note in passing that the type_ieee
> variables are not referenced. Anywhere. Only the floatformats are.)
Yes, it is a bug. MIPS integer registers have been (mostly?) changed to
the correct uint32 et.al. That fixed problems when debugging -mlong64
-mlong32 etc code.
> All I could see changed in mips-tdep.c would be to explicitly state
> that, and I don't really see the point, given the MIPS FP models we
> support. That's why I didn't see the need for the FIXME in question.
> Perhaps I'm not understanding you...?
It is one of those things where the ``right thing'' may not appear to
have an immediate return.
enjoy,
Andrew