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Re: Enable frame-base before frame-unwind?


On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:42:41AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Here's a new theory on how to migrate to the unwind code:
> 
> 	Enable frame-base before frame-unwind.
> 
> Why?  The frame-unwind code can't be enabled until frame-base is working 
> anyway.  Since frame-base is an almost direct replacement for 
> FRAME_LOCALS_ADDRESS and FRAME_ARGS_ADDRESS, and the return values for 
> the old/new methods are the same, I think getting frame-base working is 
> going to be much easier than getting frame-unwind working.  Since 
> frame-base and frame-unwind share the prologue analysis code, debugging 
> it with the less harmful frame-base should make life easier.
> 
> Any one want to prove the theory?

... sure.

I think you've answered this once already, but is there a list of
routines that have needed to change, so far?  Or do I need to put one
together as I go along?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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