Re: [PATCH] Blackfin syscall change

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Ok, patch checked in together with all your other patches.

-- Jeff J.

Jie Zhang wrote:
> Yes, this works with the simulator. I'm preparing to submit Blackfin GDB
> port to the upstream.
>
> Jie
>
> Jeff Johnston wrote:
> > Does this work with the current simulator?  Usually, the simulator is 
> > set up
> > to recognize its "syscall" sequence.  If the simulator is sitting on 
> > RAISE 0,
> > then it won't work anymore.
> >
> > -- Jeff J.
> >
> > Jie Zhang wrote:
> > > This patch replaces "RAISE 0;" with "EXCPT 0;" for syscall in Blackfin
> > > libgloss. The syscall mechanism in libgloss is used for simulator and
> > > hardware board. "RAISE 0" is OK for simulator, but cannot be used for
> > > hardware board. Using a valid instruction will ensure predictable
> > > behavior of application on hardware board although currently there 
> > > is no
> > > non-trivial implementation of syscall for hardware board. Please review
> > > and commit. Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jie