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Re: re-enabling debugging of 32 bit processes with 64 bit debugger



In article <qfcbhi$1s$2%serpens.de@localhost>,
Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
>mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost (matthew green) writes:
>
>>i fully support making debugging work.  that means debugging
>>32 bit apps on 64 it kernels, and also, eventually?, using
>>a 32 bit debugger on 64 bit kernel.
>
>Can we prevent a 64bit kernel to dump 64bit registers for
>32bit userland processes ?

We can fill them completely with 0 as we pad with 0 the 32 bit
part of the 64 bit registers that does not exist in a 32 bit
process.

christos



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