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Re: [RFA 3/5] Prec: x86 segment register support: target


On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 03:33:55PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> Sorry, but I don't think adding these xx_base registers is a good
> idea.  They are not acrhitected registers so they don't beling in the
> list of registers.

What do you suggest instead?

I don't know a lot about the details of the x86 architecture.  But
I've heard a lot of complaints that what people want to see when they
say "print $gs" is not what we're showing them, and that this base
address is useful.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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