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Re: 8 bit read
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- Subject: Re: 8 bit read
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:52:38 -0400
- Cc: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at cygnus dot com>,Naushit_Sakarvadia at quintum dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010726163652.1520C-100000@is>
> What Kevin is suggesting here is, from GDB's point of view, the correct
>> approach. A CORE_ADDR is a cannonical address - any pointer expression
>> is converted to that cannonical value. On the x86, it could carry an
>> indication that the offset part belongs to either code, I/O, .. space.
>
>
> The problem is, I don't have enough bits in CORE_ADDR to include those
> indications.
Just FYI, you should find that CORE_ADDR type is already 64 bits.
Andrew