From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
Cc: Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com>,
mec@shout.net, stcarrez@nerim.fr, brobecker@gnat.com,
gdb@sources.redhat.com, kettenis@chello.nl
Subject: Re: 8-byte register values on a 32-bit machine
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:04:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E6F8D38.6030207@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030312185952.GA27508@nevyn.them.org>
>
> I don't know if it would break or not.
>
>
>> If that's not the current proposal, could you reword it to help
>> eliminate the confusion over what you intend?
>
>
> No one is proposing to leave it broken. To pull up an example from
> earlier in the thread, Andrew broke x86-64 when working on the frame
> changes. It was an accident, and eventually fixed (by Michal Ludvig, I
> might add). I apparently broke long long (in registers) in some of my
> DWARF-2 support patches. I'm working to fix it. I'm only one person
> and I only have so much time.
For this `long long' case, can a simple local tweak that restores
existing behavior (while the new code is finished / tested). That way
the pressure is off you to get this stuff finished quickly instead of
cleanly.
Andrew
PS: Frames vs MIPS is a better example.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-12 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-02 16:59 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-12 15:35 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 15:51 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-12 16:57 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 17:01 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-12 18:15 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 18:29 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 18:35 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-12 18:38 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 18:48 ` Paul Koning
2003-03-12 19:00 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-12 21:04 ` Andrew Cagney [this message]
2003-03-12 20:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-14 16:27 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-13 4:18 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-13 17:05 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-12 19:09 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-12 20:47 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-02 6:52 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-02 9:35 ` Stephane Carrez
2003-03-03 4:50 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-01 20:57 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-01 22:46 ` Mark Kettenis
2003-02-24 2:36 Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2003-03-01 13:35 ` Mark Kettenis
2003-03-01 20:33 ` Joel Brobecker
2003-03-01 22:38 ` Mark Kettenis
2003-03-01 23:41 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-03-02 0:28 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2003-03-03 11:26 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-03-03 11:52 ` Keith Walker
2003-03-01 23:39 ` Andrew Cagney
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