Re: [RFA]: patch to ia64.inc in gdb.asm testsuite

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Patch checked in.  Thanks.

-- Jeff J.

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > The attached patch is needed to get the gdb.asm testsuite running 
> > successfully for ia64.  A recent patch changed the link step to use 
> > the target linker rather than gcc.  The old method was defaulting 
> > dynamic loading.  The new code causes a static executable to be 
> > created with the first insn being that of gdbasm_startup.  Previously, 
> > the first insn was just a mov, but this should be an alloc insn.  
> > Without this change, a SIGILL is caused for the first insn and the 
> > tests all fail.
>
>
> If it works for you :-)  I'm sure there's going to be more of this fallout.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> > 2004-02-04  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
> >
> >        * gdb.asm/ia64.inc (gdbasm_startup): Make sure first instruction
> >        executed is an alloc instruction.