Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] gdbstub: x86-64: reintroduce dynamic register sets

[Jamie Lokier]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Paul Brook wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 November 2008, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> >> Commit 5459 broke the dynamic register set switching of qemu's gdbstub
> >> for x86-64. This prevents setting the correct architecture in gdb when
> >> debugging 32 or 16-bit code in a 64-bit emulator. Fix this.
> > 
> > Is this really a feature? Surely any attached gdb is going to break 
> > horribly 
> > when we transition from a 64-bit to a 32-bit code segment.
> 
> Well, it would be real feature if gdb was smart enough to track those
> switches automatically...
> 
> However, you can (and obviously have to) call "set arch ..." after that
> switch in order to get the proper disassembly. Or you happen to use
> qemu-system-x86_64 with a 32-bit guest and fire up gdb with the
> appropriate 32-bit binary directly. Both used to work fine.

How does it handle mixed 32-bit and 16-bit code?  (Since you mentioned
it supports 16-bit code).

Does that require manual intervention too?

-- Jamie