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Re: [PATCH] Fix ptype.exp fail in MIPS
- From: Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Hui Zhu <hui_zhu at mentor dot com>, gdb-patches ml <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:40:49 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ptype.exp fail in MIPS
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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 05:09 AM, Hui Zhu wrote:
>> ptype $pc
>> type = int32_t
>> (gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/ptype.exp: ptype $pc
>> This is because the $pc register in MIPS is set to int but not code_ptr.
>> And according to the discussion in
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00020.html, the type cannot be
>> changed.
>
> Hmm, that's not what I get from this branch of the discussion:
>
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00021.html
>
> --
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2013-06/msg00032.html
Do you think add ptr64 or $_xx is OK for you to handle this issue?
Thanks,
Hui
> Pedro Alves
>