From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
To: Xinan Tang <xinan@tidalnetworks.net>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: "which function is called when updating a register?"
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:38:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40FAD034.8090003@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <KAEHILJLFHMPJPLKAFBHIEJOCBAA.xinan@tidalnetworks.net>
> Hi
>
> I set breakpoints on both:
>
> -- gdbsim_fetch_register and
> -- gdbsim_store_register
>
> when single stepping the instruction execution, I noticed that
> gdbsim_fetech_register was called but gdbsim_store_register.
>
> Which function is actually called to update a register content within gdb
> using a built-in simulator?
GDB rarely has the need to write to the inferiors registers (if it did
gdbsim_store_register would be called though). Try something like:
set $pc = 0
When the simulator is running a program it updates registers locally and
directly.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-18 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <KAEHILJLFHMPJPLKAFBHAEDFCBAA.xinan@tidalnetworks.net>
2004-06-16 1:53 ` "Info reg doesn't work" Jim Blandy
2004-07-16 21:46 ` "which function is called when updating a register?" Xinan Tang
2004-07-18 20:38 ` Andrew Cagney [this message]
2004-07-19 18:50 ` Xinan Tang
2004-07-19 18:59 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-21 5:24 ` "Add sim memory region by default" Xinan Tang
2004-07-21 15:48 ` Dave Korn
2004-07-21 17:53 ` Xinan Tang
2004-07-21 19:15 ` "igen based simulators doc.?" Xinan Tang
2004-07-21 20:24 ` "igen vs. cgen?" Xinan Tang
2004-07-22 9:35 ` Monika Chaddha
2004-07-22 19:12 ` Xinan Tang
2004-07-23 8:11 ` Monika Chaddha
2004-07-23 19:03 ` "igen based simulators doc.?" Andrew Cagney
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