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Re: [PATCH v3] gdb: clean up x86 cpuid implementations
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] gdb: clean up x86 cpuid implementations
- References: <201305061451 dot 24861 dot vapier at gentoo dot org> <201306191053 dot 51709 dot vapier at gentoo dot org> <51C1C8D5 dot 5080809 at redhat dot com> <201306191120 dot 52053 dot vapier at gentoo dot org>
On 06/19/2013 04:20 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> technically, i386-cpuid.h was spawned from the gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/i386-
> cpuid.h which itself was spawned from the gcc sources (and both include the
> exception) which is why the header was retained.
> then again, FSF owns both, so if we want to drop that, it shouldn't be an
> issue. doesn't matter to me either way.
I'd rather make the GDB header plain GPLv3+. I find it simpler and least
surprising if the header with the exception is only the verbatim(-ish) gcc
imported header. Later on, if/when we want to move/add code to/from the
GDB-specific header, we won't have to bother with this detail again.
Thanks,
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Pedro Alves