From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16663 invoked by alias); 3 Dec 2014 03:19:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 16653 invoked by uid 89); 3 Dec 2014 03:19:01 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:19:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9934D11677E; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 22:18:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dPHZLmHIYFHz; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 22:18:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED490116765; Tue, 2 Dec 2014 22:18:57 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B779A46B60; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:18:54 +0400 (RET) Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:19:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: David Taylor Cc: Mark Kettenis , "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: RFA bug fix -- x86-64 stabs and deprecated fp register Message-ID: <20141203031854.GI4882@adacore.com> References: <3508.1416603484@usendtaylorx2l> <20141130152036.GC4882@adacore.com> <201411301859.sAUIxFTU016422@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <16828.1417452115@usendtaylorx2l> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16828.1417452115@usendtaylorx2l> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-12/txt/msg00049.txt.bz2 > For current systems we have earlier this year switched to DWARF, but we > will need to support STABS for legacy systems for a few years. Can you say which systems? I am just curious to see what systems out there still use stabs. Also, do you have an idea of long you might have to continue supporting stabs (it's ok if you do not know or do not want to say). > As far as it being obsolete, I asked about its status in January 2013 on > the gdb list. My take away from that discussion was that it was not > deprecated nor obsolete and that it was being maintained; but, that new > development was focused on DWARF. I think that's a fair understanding, although I don't know of any maintainer that still uses DWARF, so maintenance is likely to remain limited to integrating patch submissions such as yours. -- Joel