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Re: [PATCH] S/390 port modernization 1/4
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
- To: Ulrich Weigand <weigand at i1 dot informatik dot uni-erlangen dot de>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, uweigand at de dot ibm dot com
- Date: 04 Dec 2003 23:28:44 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] S/390 port modernization 1/4
- References: <200312042211.XAA07877@faui1d.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Ulrich Weigand <weigand@i1.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
> Jim Blandy wrote:
>
> > The regset_from_core_section stuff is done exactly the way the i386
> > and x86-64 do it, so I won't criticize it. But there are two things I
> > wonder about:
> >
> > - Since core file formats are really OS-specific (ABI's often don't
> > specify them), wouldn't it make more sense for the *-nat.c file to
> > register an OS/ABI handler, and have that handler register the
> > regset_from_core_section method?
>
> Defining the core file format in *-nat.c would mean that a cross-gdb
> wouldn't understand core files, right?
I think you're right. I guess that answers my question.