linux-kernel - Re: [patch v3 19/36] Hexagon: Add ptrace support

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Date:	Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:29:57 +0100
From:	Pedro Alves <pedro@...esourcery.com>
To:	Jonas Bonn <jonas.bonn@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linas Vepstas (Code Aurora)" <linas@...eaurora.org>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [patch v3 19/36] Hexagon: Add ptrace support

On Saturday 10 September 2011 07:42:26, Jonas Bonn wrote:

> I'm really not an expert on GDB, but I believe it can use either the
> PEEK/POKE functions to access regs, or it can use GET/SETREGS; it's an
> architecture-dependent configuration.  I think the second variant can
> be easily modified to become GET/SETREGSET instead, and the PEEK/POKE
> variant wouldn't be needed at all.

Yes, the x86/x86-64 ports or gdb and gdbserver are already
using GET/SETREGSET even.

-- 
Pedro Alves
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