/* REGISTER_VALID is 0 if the register needs to be fetched,
1 if it has been fetched, and
-1 if the register value was not available.
- "Not available" means don't try to fetch it again. */
+
+ "Not available" indicates that the target is not not able to supply
+ the register at this state. The register may become available at a
+ later time (after the next resume). This often occures when GDB is
+ manipulating a target that contains only a snapshot of the entire
+ system being debugged - some of the registers in such a system may
+ not have been saved. */
signed char *register_valid;