Re: [PATCH] sim: allow memory maps to default to mapped files

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 28, 2010 01:35:36 Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> I find it annoying when using --memory-mapfile that I also need to look
>>> up and manually specify the file size to the following --memory-region
>>> option.  So make a length of 0 in the following --memory-region trigger
>>> an auto-sizing of the map to the length of the file being mapped.
>> Generally speaking, and that's not your fault, it would be nice to
>> have some documentation about this module in the GDB Users' Manual.
>> Would you be willing to help us in that department? - nothing fancy,
>> but something very basic that quickly lists all available option
>> and what they mean.  This can be treated as a separate patch.
> 
> i dont mind writing documentation, but i dont understand texi, so ive avoided 
> the format when possible.  i believe all of the gdb documentation is based in 
> that format ?

Eli has been very generous about taking plain-text submissions
and tex-ifying them.