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authorJeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>2003-12-06 00:17:04 +0000
committerJeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>2003-12-06 00:17:04 +0000
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2003-12-05 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
* ia64-tdep.c (ia64_gdbarch_init): Set up the gdbarch long double format to be the i387 extended float format which is used for long doubles stored in memory.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a898867..1e747bc 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-12-05 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+ * ia64-tdep.c (ia64_gdbarch_init): Set up the gdbarch long double
+ format to be the i387 extended float format which is used for
+ long doubles stored in memory.
+
2003-12-05 Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
From Ulrich Weigand <weigand@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>:
diff --git a/gdb/ia64-tdep.c b/gdb/ia64-tdep.c
index d3c86fd..19f18b7 100644
--- a/gdb/ia64-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/ia64-tdep.c
@@ -3361,6 +3361,14 @@ ia64_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info, struct gdbarch_list *arches)
0, "builtin_type_ia64_ext", NULL);
TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (builtin_type_ia64_ext) = &floatformat_ia64_ext;
+ /* According to the ia64 specs, instructions that store long double floats
+ in memory use a long-double format different than that used in the floating
+ registers. The memory format matches the x86 extended float format which is
+ 80 bits. An OS may choose to use this format (e.g. Linux) or choose to use
+ a different format for storing long doubles (e.g. HPUX). In the latter case,
+ the setting of the format may be moved/overridden in an OS-specific tdep file. */
+ set_gdbarch_long_double_format (gdbarch, &floatformat_i387_ext);
+
set_gdbarch_short_bit (gdbarch, 16);
set_gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch, 32);
set_gdbarch_long_bit (gdbarch, 64);