Re: G packet format ...

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

>> NB: Why do this?
>> 
>> The objective is to decouple the remote protocol's G packet from the 
>> rest of GDB.  That way, GDB has greater flexability in how it implements 
>> its regcache.  For instance, with the MIPS, it will be possible to have 
>> a single internal register layout while still being able to connect to 
>> all the remote MIPS targets.
> 
> 
> I guess I posted my gdbserver register cache patch before I converted
> it to generate them from a shell script.  Here's what I've been using. 
> I didn't consider the issue of only-transferable-in-P-packet registers
> (and I still don't see a good reason... well, maybe I can come up with
> one, actually.  Things that react when read.).

[x86 example deleted]

Doesn't the x86 have the potential for 4 billion MSRs? :-)

	Andrew