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Re: x86 fpu
- To: khendricks at admin dot ivey dot uwo dot ca, shebs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: x86 fpu
- From: Kevin_Hendricks <khendricks at admin dot ivey dot uwo dot ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:18:32 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: hjl at lucon dot org, jtc at redback dot com, gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: Kevin_Hendricks <khendricks at admin dot ivey dot uwo dot ca>
Hi,
>It's never going to be possible for FSF GDB to have the latest version
>of every code bit that is under development.
It is just that your "code bit" is our complete world. Gdb is the *only*
debugger that exists for Linux PPC. We have nothing else to fall back on.
>If nothing else, most of
>the Linux folks take a rather cavalier attitude towards copyright
>ownership, and FSF policy does not allow us to do that for GDB.
>(complaints to rms@gnu.org)
Yes, that is very true. I could not understand why it took so much just to get
ppc support in (I didn't know RMS and MW president had to get involved.)
>However, we should always be trying to
>stay as current as possible.
Sounds good to me. After how quickly Kevin Buettner got JDK 1.1.X working under
Linux PPC (when only working part time on the porting team), I am sure he will
have us (LinuxPPC) in good shape with gdb in no time at all!
Thanks,
Kevin
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Kevin B. Hendricks
Associate Professor of Operations and Information Technology
Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A-3K7 CANADA
khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca, (519) 661-3874, fax: 519-661-3959