Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:42:13 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Ramón García Fernández <> | Subject | ptrace(2) cannot show floating point registers |
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[Sorry if this message is repeated. I posted it in linux.dev.kernel, but I was told that these messages are not sent to the Linux kernel mailing list].
The Linux kernel does not support fetching or setting the values of floating point registers with the ptrace(2) system call. This makes very difficult to debug numerical software under Linux.
I have written patches for 2.0.30, 2.1.47 and placed it in
ftp://jl1.quim.ucm.es/pub/ramon/
The patch for 2.1.47 should work with any later kernel.
If you find any problem please let me know.
I would like to see these patches in the standard kernel.
If there is any reason why they should be improved please let me know.
Regards, Ramon
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