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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/regcache.h')
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/regcache.h | 36 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/regcache.h b/gdb/regcache.h index 77b9457bdaf..9653dd92e45 100644 --- a/gdb/regcache.h +++ b/gdb/regcache.h @@ -116,45 +116,13 @@ extern int register_offset_hack (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regnum); /* The type of a register. This function is slightly more efficient then its gdbarch vector counterpart since it returns a precomputed - value stored in a table. - - NOTE: cagney/2002-08-17: The original macro was called - DEPRECATED_REGISTER_VIRTUAL_TYPE. This was because the register - could have different raw and cooked (nee virtual) representations. - The CONVERTABLE methods being used to convert between the two - representations. Current code does not do this. Instead, the - first [0..NUM_REGS) registers are 1:1 raw:cooked, and the type - exactly describes the register's representation. Consequently, the - ``virtual'' has been dropped. - - FIXME: cagney/2002-08-17: A number of architectures, including the - MIPS, are currently broken in this regard. */ + value stored in a table. */ extern struct type *register_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regnum); /* Return the size of register REGNUM. All registers should have only - one size. - - FIXME: cagney/2003-02-28: - - Unfortunately, thanks to some legacy architectures, this doesn't - hold. A register's cooked (nee virtual) and raw size can differ - (see MIPS). Such architectures should be using different register - numbers for the different sized views of identical registers. - - Anyway, the up-shot is that, until that mess is fixed, core code - can end up being very confused - should the RAW or VIRTUAL size be - used? As a rule of thumb, use DEPRECATED_REGISTER_VIRTUAL_SIZE in - cooked code, but with the comment: - - OK: REGISTER_VIRTUAL_SIZE - - or just - - OK - - appended to the end of the line. */ + one size. */ extern int register_size (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regnum); |