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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Support the new PPC476 processor
- From: Sérgio Durigan Júnior <sergiodj at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman at br dot ibm dot com>, Luis Machado <luisgpm at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Matt Tyrlik <tyrlik at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:15:25 -0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Support the new PPC476 processor
- References: <200912161847.17162.sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20091217044212.GB2788@adacore.com>
Hi Joel,
On Thursday 17 December 2009, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I'm very excited to see hardware-accelerated condition evaluation.
> I'll take a look at the patches for sure.
Thanks!
> Regarding the need for very recent kernel headers, it might be an issue.
> I assume the missing pieces are for the special kinds of watchpoints and
> breakpoints. Is there a way to disable just this code if the kernel
> is not recent enough?
Yeah, we will certainly want to disable this special code if the kernel
doesn't support the feature. We will post a patch for it ASAP, but it
shouldn't change anything important on the current version of the patch, so if
you want to start reviewing it, be my guest :-).
Thank you,
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Sérgio Durigan Júnior
Linux on Power Toolchain - Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - LTC
IBM Brazil