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Re: Makefile setting






> > the ARC supported implementation of gdb we are trying to achieve is
> > "extensible".
> > The register description is minimal in the sense that only the basecase
> > registers are described in REGISTER_NAMES.
> > This description is updated (more registers are added) when we connect to
the
> > simulator.
>
> Hmm, I'd suggest investigating the multi-arch framework.  It better
> handles things like an architecture suddenly deciding it needs to be
> changed.  A target can also forced multi-arch to re-select its
> architecture if needed.
>
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gdb/papers/multi-arch/
>
> For the register extensions, are they known by arcExtMap or are they
> obtained from the target?
>
They are extracted from the object file.

Thanks anyway for the paper.

Stephane.


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