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authorAndrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>2003-03-30 16:35:25 +0000
committerAndrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>2003-03-30 16:35:25 +0000
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@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ See the file @file{inferior.h}.
@item DEPRECATED_CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST
@findex DEPRECATED_CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST
Stack adjustment needed when performing an inferior function call. This
-function is no longer needed. @xref{PUSH_ARGUMENTS}, which can handle
+function is no longer needed. @xref{push_dummy_call}, which can handle
all alignment directly.
@item CANNOT_FETCH_REGISTER (@var{regno})
@@ -3703,14 +3703,21 @@ definition is only used in generic code when parsing "$ps".)
If defined, used by @code{frame_pop} to remove a stack frame. This
method has been superseeded by generic code.
-@item PUSH_ARGUMENTS (@var{nargs}, @var{args}, @var{sp}, @var{struct_return}, @var{struct_addr})
-@findex PUSH_ARGUMENTS
-@anchor{PUSH_ARGUMENTS}
-Define this to push arguments onto the stack for inferior function
-call. Returns the updated stack pointer value.
+@item push_dummy_call (@var{gdbarch}, @var{regcache}, @var{dummy_addr}, @var{nargs}, @var{args}, @var{sp}, @var{struct_return}, @var{struct_addr})
+@findex push_dummy_call
+@findex DEPRECATED_PUSH_ARGUMENTS.
+@anchor{push_dummy_call}
+Define this to push the dummy frame's call to the inferior function onto
+the stack. In addition to pushing @var{nargs}, the code should push
+@var{struct_addr} (when @var{struct_return}), and the return value (in
+the call dummy at @var{dummy_addr}).
-@item PUSH_DUMMY_FRAME
-@findex PUSH_DUMMY_FRAME
+Returns the updated top-of-stack pointer.
+
+This method replaces @code{DEPRECATED_PUSH_ARGUMENTS}.
+
+@item DEPRECATED_PUSH_DUMMY_FRAME
+@findex DEPRECATED_PUSH_DUMMY_FRAME
Used in @samp{call_function_by_hand} to create an artificial stack frame.
@item REGISTER_BYTES
@@ -3770,10 +3777,8 @@ that is at the start of the real function.
@item SP_REGNUM
@findex SP_REGNUM
If the stack-pointer is kept in a register, then define this macro to be
-the number (greater than or equal to zero) of that register.
-
-This should only need to be defined if @code{TARGET_WRITE_SP} and
-@code{TARGET_WRITE_SP} are not defined.
+the number (greater than or equal to zero) of that register, or -1 if
+there is no such register.
@item STAB_REG_TO_REGNUM
@findex STAB_REG_TO_REGNUM
@@ -3880,19 +3885,16 @@ Number of bits in a short integer; defaults to @code{2 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT}.
@findex TARGET_WRITE_PC
@itemx TARGET_READ_SP
@findex TARGET_READ_SP
-@itemx TARGET_WRITE_SP
-@findex TARGET_WRITE_SP
@itemx TARGET_READ_FP
@findex TARGET_READ_FP
@findex read_pc
@findex write_pc
@findex read_sp
-@findex write_sp
@findex read_fp
These change the behavior of @code{read_pc}, @code{write_pc},
-@code{read_sp}, @code{write_sp} and @code{read_fp}. For most targets,
-these may be left undefined. @value{GDBN} will call the read and write
-register functions with the relevant @code{_REGNUM} argument.
+@code{read_sp} and @code{read_fp}. For most targets, these may be left
+undefined. @value{GDBN} will call the read and write register functions
+with the relevant @code{_REGNUM} argument.
These macros are useful when a target keeps one of these registers in a
hard to get at place; for example, part in a segment register and part