* mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Add comments. Fix typo in

	comment.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index e604813767bb188f0f5e6d3f135ab48843f4350f..8ecfd028f7f6d28d8a3debe604f2b258ac1e5eed 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-01  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+       * mips-tdep.c (mips_gdbarch_init): Add comments.  Fix typo in
+       comment.
+
 2002-08-01  Grace Sainsbury  <graces@redhat.com>
 
        * target.h: Add to_insert_hw_breakpoint, to_remove_hw_breakpoint,

diff --git a/gdb/mips-tdep.c b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
index d3c97460302b4d674f7262e5c844c4a100fa77a2..de7946e8e850f5d3d5b3c87d904994878c98bba8 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/mips-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/mips-tdep.c
@@ -4371,7 +4371,7 @@ mips_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info,
   if (info.abfd == NULL && arches != NULL)
     mips_abi = gdbarch_tdep (arches->gdbarch)->found_abi;
 
-  /* Try the architecture for any hint of the corect ABI */
+  /* Try the architecture for any hint of the correct ABI.  */
   if (mips_abi == MIPS_ABI_UNKNOWN
       && info.bfd_arch_info != NULL
       && info.bfd_arch_info->arch == bfd_arch_mips)
@@ -4387,6 +4387,9 @@ mips_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info,
          break;
        case bfd_mach_mips8000:
        case bfd_mach_mips10000:
+         /* On Irix, ELF64 executables use the N64 ABI.  The
+            pseudo-sections which describe the ABI aren't present
+            on IRIX.  (Even for executables created by gcc.)  */
          if (bfd_get_flavour (info.abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour
              && elf_elfheader (info.abfd)->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64)
            mips_abi = MIPS_ABI_N64;
@@ -4665,6 +4668,8 @@ mips_gdbarch_init (struct gdbarch_info info,
   set_gdbarch_address_to_pointer (gdbarch, address_to_signed_pointer);
   set_gdbarch_integer_to_address (gdbarch, mips_integer_to_address);
 
+  /* There are MIPS targets which do not yet use this since they still
+     define REGISTER_VIRTUAL_TYPE.  */
   set_gdbarch_register_virtual_type (gdbarch, mips_register_virtual_type);
 
   /* Hook in OS ABI-specific overrides, if they have been registered.  */