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Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc-*-linux register fetching/storing

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:08:05 -0500
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc-*-linux register fetching/storing
References: <20011123154220.A562@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <20011125020147.A32180@nevyn.them.org> <20011125113201.C4087@devserv.devel.redhat.com>


> I don't understand how regcache_collect would help here, since the assertion
> REGISTER_RAW_SIZE() == 4 would stay. That's just trading a dereference with
> a memcpy to an int variable.

Today, yes.  Tomorrow, no.

The underlying implementation is going to be changed.  Can't do that 
when people assume it is a big global byte array :-(

enjoy,
Andrew

References:
- [PATCH] Fix sparc-*-linux register fetching/storing
  - From: Jakub Jelinek
- Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc-*-linux register fetching/storing
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc-*-linux register fetching/storing
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

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