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Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:32:42 +0000
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: add ARM support to decodecode
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 08:23:59PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> This patch adds support for decoding ARM oopses to scripts/decodecode.
> The following things are handled:
> 
>  - ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE environment variables are respected.
> 
>  - The Code: in x86 oopses is in bytes, while it is in either words (4
>    bytes) or halfwords for ARM.
> 
>  - Some versions of ARM objdump refuse to disassemble instructions
>    generated by literal constants (".word 0x...").  The workaround is to
>    strip the object file first.
> 
>  - The faulting instruction is marked (liked so) in ARM, but <like so>
>    in x86.

I've been debating about changing that so we use () instead of <> to
make things more consistent, but I've been holding off in case there's
still any ksymoops users out there.  Opinions?
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