Re: [RFA] Resubmit, reverse debugging [0/5]

teawater
2008-10-14T09:07:13Z

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 15:55, Jakob Engblom <jakob@virtutech.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is Virtutech weighing in, since our use and implementation of reversibility
> in gbd-serial has come up. We are perfectly fine with the commands changing a
> little, it is as people have noted not a particularly big deal what the precise
> gdb-serial commands are, as long as they get decided on and remain fixed. Which
> is exactly why we like the current process of finally seeing reverse execution
> become part of the gdb mainline.
>
> "bc" and "bs" are tried and tested as far as we are concerned, and they appear
> to be still in place from what I can see.
>
> I have another question here: is there a way to check if the remote target does
> support reverse execution? Not all targets will, in our experience. So having
> some way to detect that property of the target is quite useful.

I don't think we need it.
Cause if remote stub don't support "bc" and "bs", it can return empty
rsp package to GDB mean that it don't support this command. GDB can
output warning to user that fail.

>
> Best regards,
>
> /jakob
>
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