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Re: [parisc-linux] [hppa patch] Fix register definitions for hppa

On 8/3/07, Randolph Chung <randolph@tausq.org> wrote:
> Remember that gdb is reading the cr27 of the debuggee, not of itself, so
> __set_cr27 is irrelevant.

Is it usefull to be able to adjust the inferior's thread register?

>  From the architecture point of view, CR26 and CR27 are only readable
> from userspace, so gdb should not enable somebody to set them from
> inside gdb.

Would it be usefull to adjust the thread register when debugging glibc?

Cheers,
Carlos.
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