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Date:	Tue, 05 May 2009 22:46:29 +0300
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
Subject:	Re: Please help resurrecting GDB for version 7.0 release
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> From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 11:45:24 -0700 (PDT)
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> On May 5, 1:30=A0pm, Eli Zaretskii <e DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
> > > From: Rugxulo <rugx DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gmail DOT com>
> > > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 22:08:44 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > > > Yes, and then test a lot on old machines which I don't even k=
now where
> > > > to find. =A0
> >
> > > What old machines in particular? Just cpu revisions or OSes or =
both??
> >
> > That depends on the method you use for detecting the CPU. =A0If y=
ou use
> > no privileged instructions, there should be no reason to test und=
er
> > different OSes, I think. =A0Otherwise, yes.
>=20
> Then why do we need to test a bunch of machines?

I really cannot answer that until I see the code.

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