On 27.04.2018 21:11, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <b80b33fb-de4f-01dd-1705-716a2c0ec...@gmx.com>,
> Kamil Rytarowski  <n...@gmx.com> wrote:
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>> I propose to remove e_trapsignal from the compat framework
>>
>> Rationale:
>> - It's currently unused. It was used for Darwin compat.
>> - It's certainly broken and not used in part of the code where it could
>> be used, generating a trap signal.
>> - Maintaining debugging features in the compat framework is not a
>> viable goal with the current resources.
>>
>> If we will ever want to run native Linux GDB or other debugger on the
>> NetBSD kernel we will need to rework the existing code anyway.
> 
> I don't think this is for debuggers; it is there to remap the trap
> and signal numbers on trap delivery to the traps and signals the
> emulated application expects to receive:
> 
> https://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/sys/arch/x86/x86/linux_trap.c#145
> 
> christos
> 

My bad, I was thinking about e_tracesig!

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