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Re: HAL_SavedRegisters (ecos 1_3_1)


On Wed, 30 May 2001 19:11:38 +0200
Rafael Rodríguez Velilla <rrv@tid.es> wrote:

>   I can't find any place where the member msr of the struct
> HAL_SavedRegisters is used (I have reviewed only the ARM
> implementation). I think that this member should be omitted from the
> struct.

I think it is used by the gdb stub. This allow gdb to show the value of
this register even if it is never used.

If I remenber coorectly same thing happen in x86 with some segment
registers (cs at least i think) )


-- 
Fabrice Gautier <gautier@email.enstfr>


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