Bug#204789: [Gcl-devel] Re: recent commit
Greetings, and thanks again! So how do I find the right area before
dumping?
Many thanks,
David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com> writes:
> >>>>> On 28 Aug 2003 21:00:54 -0400, Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com> said:
>
> Camm> Greetings! This sounds like the sort of sidestepping of the
> Camm> function descriptors that I was seeking initally. Can you
> Camm> elaborate? I can dump the actual address, but don't I need to
> Camm> find where these will be in the function descriptor mapping at
> Camm> runtime to match the calling convention?
>
> No, they won't be remapped when starting the unexec'd binary (that's
> the issue, in fact, otherwise you wouldn't have a problem). Just
> dumping the memory areas containing the function descriptors and
> making them part of the unexec'd binary _ought_ to work.
>
> Camm> Am I the only one with these problems on this platform?
>
> It's the first time I heard of it.
>
> Camm> BTW, Debian hppa works fine.
>
> Yes, that's not surprising. HP-PA handles function descriptors
> differently (mostly in worse ways; this is one area where the HP-PA
> way of doing things happens to work out better).
>
> --david
>
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