Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 4/4] gdbstub: x86: Switch 64/32 bit registers dynamically

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 06/29/09 16:43, Paul Brook wrote:
> > > You've just deliberately broken the qemu gdbstub. After your patch it is
> > > impossible to debug mixed 32/64-bit code.
> > Please give it a try as it's the other way around: You can't properly
> > debug mixed target code without my patch.
>
> Sure you can, you just need a gdb that doesn't suck.  As soon as you encounter
> actual mixed code (rather than just running the wrong qemu) your patch causes
> things to die horribly.

i.e. the latest gdb release (6.8) works better *with* the workaround,
and the latest gdb bits from cvs work better *without* the workaround.
Is that correct?

How about making it runtime-switchable then, so qemu can deal with both 
cases?

cheers,
  Gerd