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Re: [RFC] "info registers" is misleading
- From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- To: msnyder at redhat dot com
- Cc: fnf at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:46:18 +0200
- Subject: Re: [RFC] "info registers" is misleading
- References: <200201220651.g0M6pMe17608@fred.ninemoons.com> <3C4D0FF4.57D1@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:08:36 -0800
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
>
> This is an old old issue. The frame pointer register
> is special. Info registers does not show the actual
> value of the fp register -- it shows the virtual frame pointer
> (the address of the function's stack frame). Usually
> it's the same value -- unles you're in a frameless function
> (ie. one that does not use the frame pointer register).
Shouldn't we document this? I can write up the change, if you tell
me that the above description is all that there is to it.
TIA