2005/10/31, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:08:50AM +0100, Kevin D. Kissell wrote: > > Have you thought about what the ACX state would mean for > > kernel debuggers in general and kgdb in particular? > should I add support of smartmips extension in kgdb ? > The real issue I have with the patch is that ACX is extending the state > that would need to be saved and restored in signal handlers and I have to > solve the question where to keep that information without breaking > compatibility - that's pretty much the same exercise which we had just > recently with adding DSP support. could you explain more on this point ? Thanks -- Franck