Index: gdb-6.6/gdb/gcore.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-6.6.orig/gdb/gcore.c
+++ gdb-6.6/gdb/gcore.c
@@ -475,8 +475,13 @@ gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection
       if (size > total_size)
 	size = total_size;
 
+      /* 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) + offset,
-			      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."),
 		   paddr_d (size), paddr (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));