--- gdb-6.3/gdb/gcore.c.fix 2005-04-21 15:13:23.000000000 -0400 +++ gdb-6.3/gdb/gcore.c 2005-04-21 15:16:48.000000000 -0400 @@ -462,8 +462,13 @@ gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection error ("Not enough memory to create corefile."); old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk); + /* Warn if read error occurs except if we were trying to read the + first page for ia64. The first page is marked readable, but it cannot + be read. */ if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec), - memhunk, size) != 0) + memhunk, size) != 0 + && (strcmp (TARGET_ARCHITECTURE->arch_name, "ia64") + || bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) != 0)) warning ("Memory read failed for corefile section, %s bytes at 0x%s\n", paddr_d (size), paddr (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec))); if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, 0, size))