Re: [RFA] fix dump.exp tests for alpha

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>]

Richard Henderson writes:
 > All of the "read it back in" tests failed because none of
 > the formats can handle 64-bit addresses, afaik.
 > 
 > Adding the linker switch to force the application into 
 > the low 31 bits allows all of the tests to pass.
 > 
 > Ok?
 > 

Sure.

elena

 > 
 > r~
 > 
 > 
 > 	* gdb.base/dump.exp [alpha*-*-*]: Add -taso linker switch.
 > 
 > Index: gdb.base/dump.exp
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp,v
 > retrieving revision 1.2
 > diff -c -p -d -r1.2 dump.exp
 > *** gdb.base/dump.exp	6 Feb 2003 06:36:24 -0000	1.2
 > --- gdb.base/dump.exp	2 Jun 2003 07:52:44 -0000
 > *************** set testfile "dump"
 > *** 31,38 ****
 >   
 >   set srcfile  ${testfile}.c
 >   set binfile  ${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}
 >   
 > ! if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != "" } {
 >        gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
 >   }
 >   
 > --- 31,45 ----
 >   
 >   set srcfile  ${testfile}.c
 >   set binfile  ${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}
 > + set options  {debug}
 >   
 > ! if [istarget "alpha*-*-*"] then {
 > !     # SREC etc cannot handle 64-bit addresses.  Force the test
 > !     # program into the low 31 bits of the address space.
 > !     lappend options "additional_flags=-Wl,-taso"
 > ! }
 > ! 
 > ! if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable ${options}] != "" } {
 >        gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
 >   }
 >