Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] sparc64 reverse cas and casx arguments

["Blue Swirl" <blauwirbel@gmail.com>]

On 9/21/08, Igor Kovalenko <igor.v.kovalenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>  The following patch should fix a problem with sparc64 cas and casx
>  emulation where value to be stored and value to be compared are passed
>  in reverse order to helper function.
>
>  This also fixes a problem with booting linux iso where kernel tries to
>  clear memory bitmap bit with casx but fails to find any cleared bit
>  later.
>
>  Please apply.

Thanks for spotting. I think a cleaner solution would be to rearrange
the code so that the argument names match the instruction field names.

>  PS: if anyone can send me a patch for gdb to load and use System.map
>  file while doing remote debugging that would be great :)

I have usually compiled the kernel with -g flag and then used the
vmlinux file when debugging.