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Re: [PATCH]: Fix gdb.mi/mi-regs.exp
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 12:20:41AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:05:07 +1200
>
> > But these tests are for the MI interface. Register tests for specific
> > architectures could presumably go in gdb.base/regs.exp and tests in mi-regs.exp
> > could be more general e.g just check -data-list-register-names returns a list
> > of values, count them and use this information for tests on
> > -data-list-register-values.
>
> In the long term that's probably a good idea.
mi-regs.exp should check "the registers are internally consistent
and sane". It could encode knowledge of which registers must be
present, or not; it works either way...
This will definitely need a refresh if my XML-based description work is
merged to trunk, since the register ordering may then be up to the
target.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery