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Re: [PATCH] testsuite/gdb.dwarf2: Enable dw2-error.exp tests for arm targets
- From: Omair Javaid <omair dot javaid at linaro dot org>
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Patch Tracking <patches at linaro dot org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:11:31 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] testsuite/gdb.dwarf2: Enable dw2-error.exp tests for arm targets
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Hello Tom,
Thanks for your feedback.
Can you kindly direct me to DWARF assembler and how can I use to write
the above testcase.
Thankks for your help..
--
Omair.
On 22 July 2013 17:06, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Omair" == Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> writes:
>
> Omair> dw2-error.exp is not run for arm targets because this test has been
> Omair> written in x86 assembly language. This patch adds ARM version of
> Omair> assembly code required to run dw2-error.exp tests on arm targets.
> Omair> Attached patch is tested on ARMv7 and x86_64 targets.
>
>
> Omair> 2013-07-22 Omair Javaid <Omair.Javaid@linaro.org>
>
> Omair> * gdb.dwarf2/dw2-error.S: Adding ARM assembly code.
>
> I think it would be just as easy to change this test to use the DWARF
> assembler (which didn't exist when the test was first written). Then
> the test case could work on any arch.
>
> Tom