Re: [RFC] corelow and multi-arch : Move deprecated_add_core_fns to set_gdbarch_regset_from_core_section

[Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 01:11, Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hui Zhu wrote:
>
>> This error because sniff_core_bfd return cris_elf_core_fns. ? So GDB
>> use cris_elf_core_fns.fetch_core_registers to analyze this mips core.
>> It return cris_elf_core_fns because core_sniffer of cris_elf_core_fns
>> and mips-linux-tdep.c:regset_core_fns is default_core_sniffer.
>> So I think this is not fit with the multi-arch.
>
> Yes, this is broken. ?-tdep files should never use deprecated_add_core_fns
> (in fact, *nobody* should use deprecated_add_core_fns, that's why it's
> deprecated :-/).
>
>> Do you think we can begin move ?deprecated_add_core_fns to
>> set_gdbarch_regset_from_core_section?
>
> What do you mean, "move"? ? The fix for problem is for someone who
> understands the relevant core file formats (and has access to a
> system they can test on) to implement gdbarch_regset_from_core_section
> for cris and/or mips, and then just remove deprecated_add_core_fns
> from those -tdep files.

Sorry for my poor english, what you said is my mean about "move".  :)

>
>> BTW, core_vec->core_read_registers have a argument "which" that
>> gdbarch_regset_from_core_section doesn't have. ?Do you think we can
>> add one to it?
>
> No, gdbarch_regset_from_core_section instead gets the "name" argument,
> which is more general.

Ah, that is cool.  Thanks.

Best,
Hui

>
> Bye,
> Ulrich
>
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> ?Dr. Ulrich Weigand
> ?GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE
> ?Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com
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