On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:38:44 +0100, nathan binkert <[email protected]>  
wrote:

>> No problem. I will alter that, since I've got a bunch of other minor
>> changes to make that get this all working with O3CPU. What's the best
>> thing for me to do - add everything into this patch and repost or create
>> separate patches for the new stuff that can be applied after this one?
> Sorry I didn't get back sooner.  In general, I think it is better to
> fix patches that have code that you want fixed, but I do prefer
> keeping separate changes in separate patches.   Reposting works.  An
> alternative is to add a patch to your queue on top of the one that you
> want to fix, fix the problems in the new patch, e-mail that patch out,
> then you can qfold it back in later before it is committed.  Whichever
> is easier for you.
>
Ok, cool. I've already created separate patches for the fixes. I'll send  
them out later.

>> Ah, right. The disassembly code is one area that could do with some
>> improvement. To tell you the truth, I put this together in dribs and  
>> drabs
>> so the choice of << or ccprintf was just whatever was quick to get it
>> working, then I didn't fix it up properly. Again, I can fix this so it's
>> consistent, but at the same time I'd like to also change the disassembly
>> output so that it is fairly similar to what gdb or objdump prints out.
>> This means fixing some of the mnemonics under certain constraints and is
>> kinda off my critical path at the moment. But it would be useful to do.
> No problem.  I just really wanted to know if something was broken with  
> cprintf.
>
> It seems that things are pretty close to done, so I don't think we
> need to spend forever perfecting this set of patches.  You could fix
> future issues in the tree.
>
Excellent! So, what's the next step - do I have to do any more to get  
these committed or will someone else take them over to get them  
incorporated properly.

Cheers
Tim

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