Re: gdbserver/{,,}.c?; Was: [rfa] gdbserver overhaul

Andrew Cagney
2001-10-18T11:59:00Z

>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:57:40 -0400
>> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
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>> >> or if it did it couldn't use any of these low-* files right?
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>> > Sorry, I don't understand this. How is the DJGPP port different from
>> > any other port in this respect?
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>> I don't think DJGPP's low/nat interface looks like UNIX's ptrace() or
>> /procfs so much of the existing low-* code wouldn't be used.
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> That's true, but the low-* files are supposed to be compiled on the
> target system, not on the host, right? If so, all but one of these
> low-* files is irrelevant for other platforms as well, right?

Yes. My understanding of DanielJ's cleanup is that it better structures
(separate os/cpu specific and generic files) the unix low code.

Andrew