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Re: RFA: Recognize 'x' in response to 'p' packet
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:32:41 -0500
- Subject: Re: RFA: Recognize 'x' in response to 'p' packet
- References: <vt2mzww8c2z.fsf@zenia.home> <vt2wtvilzhb.fsf@zenia.home>
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 04:12:00PM -0500, Jim Blandy wrote:
>
> Ping.
>
> Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > 2004-12-02 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
> >
> > * remote.c (fetch_register_using_p): Recognize 'x's for the value
> > of the register as indicating that the register's value is not
> > available.
I know this came up a bit already, but could you elaborate on why you
had to silently provide a value of 0? We do have a defined interface
for 'currently not available', though we do not use it well. This
isn't support for the xx response, just a workaround.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz