struct axs_value;
struct stap_parse_info;
-/* The architecture associated with the connection to the target.
-
- The architecture vector provides some information that is really
- a property of the target: The layout of certain packets, for instance;
- or the solib_ops vector. Etc. To differentiate architecture accesses
- to per-target properties from per-thread/per-frame/per-objfile properties,
- accesses to per-target properties should be made through target_gdbarch.
-
- Eventually, when support for multiple targets is implemented in
- GDB, this global should be made target-specific. */
-extern struct gdbarch *target_gdbarch;
+/* The architecture associated with the inferior through the
+ connection to the target.
+
+ The architecture vector provides some information that is really a
+ property of the inferior, accessed through a particular target:
+ ptrace operations; the layout of certain RSP packets; the solib_ops
+ vector; etc. To differentiate architecture accesses to
+ per-inferior/target properties from
+ per-thread/per-frame/per-objfile properties, accesses to
+ per-inferior/target properties should be made through this
+ gdbarch. */
+
+/* This is a convenience wrapper for 'current_inferior ()->gdbarch'. */
+extern struct gdbarch *target_gdbarch (void);
+
+/* The initial, default architecture. It uses host values (for want of a better
+ choice). */
+extern struct gdbarch startup_gdbarch;
+
/* Callback type for the 'iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order'
gdbarch method. */
extern CORE_ADDR gdbarch_addr_bits_remove (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr);
extern void set_gdbarch_addr_bits_remove (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_addr_bits_remove_ftype *addr_bits_remove);
-/* It is not at all clear why gdbarch_smash_text_address is not folded into
- gdbarch_addr_bits_remove. */
-
-typedef CORE_ADDR (gdbarch_smash_text_address_ftype) (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr);
-extern CORE_ADDR gdbarch_smash_text_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR addr);
-extern void set_gdbarch_smash_text_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_smash_text_address_ftype *smash_text_address);
-
/* FIXME/cagney/2001-01-18: This should be split in two. A target method that
indicates if the target needs software single step. An ISA method to
implement it.
extern struct gdbarch *gdbarch_find_by_info (struct gdbarch_info info);
-/* Helper function. Set the global "target_gdbarch" to "gdbarch".
-
- FIXME: kettenis/20031124: Of the functions that follow, only
- gdbarch_from_bfd is supposed to survive. The others will
- dissappear since in the future GDB will (hopefully) be truly
- multi-arch. However, for now we're still stuck with the concept of
- a single active architecture. */
+/* Helper function. Set the target gdbarch to "gdbarch". */
-extern void deprecated_target_gdbarch_select_hack (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
+extern void set_target_gdbarch (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
/* Register per-architecture data-pointer.