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Re: Debugging on v8plus
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:10:39AM -0800, Olatunji Ruwase wrote:
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> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote On 01/24/06 08:29,:
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 08:15:49AM -0800, Olatunji Ruwase wrote:
> >
> >>Hello,
> >> I imagine that this issue has been discussed in the past, but I ve been
> >>unable to find much information searching through the archives. So
> >>pardon me for asking, but I m curious as to why there is no gdb support
> >>for debugging v8plus applications (i.e 64 bit registers in a 32 bit
> >>environment). Is it because this isnt important to users ?. Or is there
> >>some other technical reason ?.
> >>In other words will a patch for this support be accepted into gdb ?.
> >
> >
> > Presumably it would be, if someone was interested in implementing it
> > (along with filing an FSF copyright assignment).
> >
> Daniel,
>
> I m interested in doing this work. Can I contact you directly with
> questions I might while doing this ?
No, please don't contact developers off-list - use the mailing list,
that's what it's for. I don't know much about either SPARC or Solaris.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery