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charset=\"utf-8\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "Received-SPF": "pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::335;\n envelope-from=philmd@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x335.google.com", "X-Spam_score_int": "-20", "X-Spam_score": "-2.1", "X-Spam_bar": "--", "X-Spam_report": "(-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1,\n DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1,\n RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001,\n SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no", "X-Spam_action": "no action", "X-BeenThere": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "qemu development <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>", "List-Post": "<mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org", "Sender": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org" }, "content": "MonitorDef registers parsing is one of the oldest APIs in QEMU,\nthus predates gdbstub and XML register files. The latters are\nmaintained by the GDB/binutils project and are more up-to-date.\nGetting the target register list from them allows to expose\nall accessible registers to the HMP commands.\n\nThis series adds gdb_get_register() to monitor to use XML\ngenerated registers, and remove the legacy MonitorDef entries\nwhich became unreachable.\n\nFirst we need to have the SPARC target better follow the\ngdb-xml API.\n\nPhilippe Mathieu-Daudé (11):\n target/sparc: Introduce sparc_cpu_register_gdb_regs() stub\n target/sparc: Restore 'gdb-xml/sparc64-cp0.xml'\n target/sparc: Restore 'gdb-xml/sparc64-fpu.xml'\n target/sparc: Restore 'gdb-xml/sparc64-cpu.xml'\n target/sparc: Expose gdbstub registers to sparc32plus target\n target/sparc: Expose gdbstub registers to sparc32 targets\n monitor/hmp: Handle gdb-xml exposed registers via gdb_get_register()\n target/sparc: Remove MonitorDef register entries available via gdbstub\n target/i386: Remove MonitorDef register entries available via gdbstub\n target/m68k: Remove MonitorDef register entries available via gdbstub\n target/ppc: Remove MonitorDef register entries available via gdbstub\n\n configs/targets/sparc-linux-user.mak | 1 +\n configs/targets/sparc-softmmu.mak | 1 +\n configs/targets/sparc32plus-linux-user.mak | 1 +\n configs/targets/sparc64-linux-user.mak | 2 +-\n configs/targets/sparc64-softmmu.mak | 2 +-\n target/sparc/cpu.h | 1 +\n monitor/hmp.c | 49 ++-\n target/i386/monitor.c | 35 ---\n target/m68k/monitor.c | 18 --\n target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c | 5 -\n target/sparc/cpu.c | 9 +-\n target/sparc/gdbstub.c | 295 +++++++++++-------\n target/sparc/monitor.c | 107 -------\n gdb-xml/sparc32-cp0.xml | 18 ++\n gdb-xml/sparc32-cpu.xml | 42 +++\n gdb-xml/sparc32-fpu.xml | 42 +++\n gdb-xml/sparc64-cp0.xml | 16 +\n gdb-xml/sparc64-cpu.xml | 42 +++\n gdb-xml/{sparc64-core.xml => sparc64-fpu.xml} | 44 +--\n 19 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 327 deletions(-)\n create mode 100644 gdb-xml/sparc32-cp0.xml\n create mode 100644 gdb-xml/sparc32-cpu.xml\n create mode 100644 gdb-xml/sparc32-fpu.xml\n create mode 100644 gdb-xml/sparc64-cp0.xml\n create mode 100644 gdb-xml/sparc64-cpu.xml\n rename gdb-xml/{sparc64-core.xml => sparc64-fpu.xml} (59%)" }