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tdesc: handle arbitrary strings in tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p
authorStafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:36:31 +0000 (23:36 +0900)
committerStafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:36:31 +0000 (23:36 +0900)
commitcef0f8684e818f8b6c71c44dc9cc28a6d0ac3754
treef39a9a5943b9dc8de588826f0d4914b1abb9abd2
parentf7efd549485db1fd84dbd2f2ee36d80c2739f224
tdesc: handle arbitrary strings in tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p

tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p in now able to handle arbitrary
groups. This is useful when groups are created while the
target descriptor file is received from the remote.

This can be the case of a soft core target processor where
registers/groups can change.

gdb/ChangeLog:

yyyy-mm-dd  Franck Jullien  <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
    Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

* target-descriptions.c (tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p): Support
arbitrary strings.
(tdesc_use_registers): Add logic to register new reggroups.
(tdesc_reg::group): Update comment to indicate we allow
arbitrary strings.
* NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce that GDB supports
arbitrary reggroups.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

yyyy-mm-dd  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

* gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml: Add example foo reggroup.
* gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Add test to check for foo reggroup.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

yyyy-mm-dd  Stafford Horne  <shorne@gmail.com>

* gdb.texinfo (Target Description Format): Explain that arbitrary
strings are now allowed for register groups.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/NEWS
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
gdb/target-descriptions.c
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
gdb/testsuite/gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml
gdb/testsuite/gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp