+2003-05-08 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+ * frame.c (get_frame_type): Don't attempt to lazily initialize
+ frame's unwinder for legacy frames.
+
2003-05-07 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* ia64-tdep.c (ia64_remote_translate_xfer_address): Add "gdbarch"
if (!DEPRECATED_USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES
&& deprecated_frame_in_dummy (frame))
return DUMMY_FRAME;
- if (frame->unwind == NULL)
+
+ /* Some legacy code, e.g, mips_init_extra_frame_info() wants
+ to determine the frame's type prior to it being completely
+ initialized. Don't attempt to lazily initialize ->unwind for
+ legacy code. It will be initialized in legacy_get_prev_frame(). */
+ if (frame->unwind == NULL && !legacy_frame_p (current_gdbarch))
{
/* Initialize the frame's unwinder because it is that which
provides the frame's type. */