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Re: RFC: Use the ARM CPSR as a fallback to determine ARM/Thumb

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Richard Earnshaw <Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com>, Shaun Jackman <sjackman at gmail dot com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:46:02 -0500
Subject: Re: RFC: Use the ARM CPSR as a fallback to determine ARM/Thumb
References: <20060220214918.GA28798@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0602242329s1335c677o8a8c1a38314d97c6@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:29:23PM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
> If you know which regions of the ROM are thumb and which are ARM, why
> not fake up a .o file that just defines a bunch of symbols --- but
> contains no data --- that map things out for GDB?
> 
> That is, GDB already has range information.  You're just not supplying it.

Because I don't know which regions of the ROM are Thumb and which are
ARM except by executing it.  It's provided by an OS vendor; I don't
even have symbols for it.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- RFC: Use the ARM CPSR as a fallback to determine ARM/Thumb
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: RFC: Use the ARM CPSR as a fallback to determine ARM/Thumb
  - From: Jim Blandy

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