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authorNathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com>2006-09-29 13:35:18 +0000
committerNathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com>2006-09-29 13:35:18 +0000
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* m68k/bdm-semihost.S: Add more comments. Make instruction weirder.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog.csl5
-rw-r--r--libgloss/m68k/bdm-semihost.S15
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog.csl b/ChangeLog.csl
index 1265310de..bd3266867 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.csl
+++ b/ChangeLog.csl
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-29 Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+ libgloss/
+ * m68k/bdm-semihost.S: Add more comments. Make instruction weirder.
+
2006-09-17 Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
newlib/
diff --git a/libgloss/m68k/bdm-semihost.S b/libgloss/m68k/bdm-semihost.S
index 26336eb6a..60b812c28 100644
--- a/libgloss/m68k/bdm-semihost.S
+++ b/libgloss/m68k/bdm-semihost.S
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
*/
/* Semihosting function. The debugger intercepts the halt, and
- determines that it is followed by the magic movec pattern. */
+ determines that it is followed by the sentinel pattern. */
.globl __bdm_semihost
__bdm_semihost:
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ __bdm_semihost:
movel %fp@(8),%d0
movel %fp@(12),%d1
.align 4
+
+ /* The halt sequence must be 'nop; halt' and aligned to a 4 byte
+ boundary. */
nop
halt
- /* This sentinel instruction value must be aligned to a 4 byte
- * boundary and be immediately after the halt instruction. The
- * debugger will adjust the pc, so that it is never executed. */
-
- .long 0x4e7b0000
+ /* This sentinel instruction value must be immediately after
+ the halt instruction. The debugger will adjust the pc, so
+ that it is never executed. This instruction is
+ 'movec %sp,0'. */
+ .long 0x4e7bf000
unlk %fp
rts