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Re: [RFA]: x86_64 target files
- To: Jiri Smid <smid at suse dot cz>
- Subject: Re: [RFA]: x86_64 target files
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:51:59 -0400
- Cc: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <s8vg0baa6hb.fsf@naga.suse.cz> <1010802164104.ZM12659@ocotillo.lan>
> Jiri,
>
> I haven't looked closely at your patch, but one of the things that I
> did notice is that your target is not multi-arched. I am fairly certain
> that this will need to be done before your changes will be accepted.
>
> For more information, see
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/papers/multi-arch/
Yes, that is correct. All new targets need to use the multi-arch framework.
In general the target should be broken down into two parts:
o the generic target code
which is typically purely multi-arch
(i.e. no macros at all)
o the nat stuff (which I tend to have
little intereest in :-)
Andrew