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Re: Request for 8.2, SVE cores && adding SVE to NEWS file etc
> There’s a simple enough change to the args of a common function. And then everything
> else is self contained. I’d break it down into:
>
> dbd534fee4 5 days ago Alan Hayward Rename size in get_core_register_sectio
> - Rename of single variable in common function. Obvious change, no risk.
>
> a616bb9450 2 days ago Alan Hayward Split size in regset section iterators
> - Mechanical change across every tdep file (adds a new third arg, which is a
> duplicate of the second arg). Very minor risk on any target that there might
> be a copy/paste error that hasn't been spotted (just needs a triple check of
> the diff again when merging). Minor risk that I've missed a tdep file that
> doesn't get built into a target-all build (causing a build error which I’d
> hope would have been spotted by now).
>
> b7fd65b9dc 2 days ago Alan Hayward Detect SVE when reading aarch64 core files
> 0c76e06d5c 2 days ago Alan Hayward Parse SVE registers in aarch64 core file reading/writing
> - Limited to reading/writing Aarch64 (SVE and non-SVE) Linux cores on either
> a Aarch64 Linux build or target-all build. SVE code is seperated from
> standard aarch64 code. So to go wrong on non-SVE, the code would first
> have to incorrectly detect the presence of SVE.
I took a look at the patches, and I agree they look sufficiently
self-contained that they should be OK for inclusion in 8.2. Give
Pedro a few days to comment as well, just in case, but otherwise,
it is OK for me to backport.
--
Joel