From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29825 invoked by alias); 21 Mar 2013 19:48:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 29783 invoked by uid 89); 21 Mar 2013 19:48:01 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from smarthost.idnet.net (HELO smarthost.idnet.net) (212.69.40.140) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:47:57 +0000 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smarthost.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8140F30759B for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost.idnet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smarthost.idnet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cQmC4HLuFDgi for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:55:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smarthost.idnet.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smarthost.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3897C3075CB for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:55:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from m3.idnet.com (unknown [212.69.40.217]) by smarthost.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C9730759B for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:55:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.idnet.net.uk (mail.idnet.net.uk [212.69.36.63]) by m3.idnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28F323099 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:47:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [91.135.10.170] by mail.idnet.net.uk (GMS 17.01.3793/NU3963.00.7ca42f0c) with ESMTP via TLS id owjocdda for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:47:49 +0000 Message-ID: <514B63E7.5070604@embecosm.com> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:49:00 -0000 From: Jeremy Bennett Reply-To: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove doc on OpenRISC 1000 References: <1363576183-5544-1-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com> <1363700147.23712.277.camel@laria> <514982F1.4080906@codesourcery.com> <5149A3F7.4040403@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AuthenticatedSender: jeremy.bennett.embecosm.com@idnet.net.uk X-SW-Source: 2013-03/txt/msg00811.txt.bz2 On 21/03/13 12:01, Franck Jullien wrote: > 2013/3/20 Pedro Alves : >> On 03/20/2013 09:35 AM, Yao Qi wrote: >>> [My mail sent yesterday didn't show in the mail archive, so send it again.] >>> >>> On 03/19/2013 09:35 PM, Jeremy Bennett wrote: >>>> It is quite likely the GDB code for OpenRISC 1000 was never submitted. >>>> The whole GNU tool chain was developed around 2000-2002, but only >>>> binutils ever committed its code. The tool chain is still widely used >>>> and maintained atwww.opencores.org. >>> >>> Hi Jeremy, >>> The patch was submitted in the link I gave in my first mail, but only >>> the doc bit was approved and committed. I can't tell why the non-doc >>> bits were not approved. >>> >>>> >>>> I've copied Franck Jullien, who is the most active developer of the >>>> OpenRISC GDB port at present (I was in the past). The alternative to >>>> deleting the documentation is to submit the port. >>> >>> If the port can be submitted soon (in 2~3 months maybe?), I am fine to >>> keep the doc there, because it has been there for 10 years. Otherwise, >>> I prefer to remove them first, personally. >> >> I'd prefer removing them from our tree too (and not wait). >> 10 years have passed, and lots of non-"target remote" targets have >> been yanked from the tree meanwhile -- I'm not familiar with OpenRISC, >> but it's arguable whether we want a new "target jtag" nowadays, >> compared to using the remote target (against something that talks jtag), >> and perhaps we have better mechanisms for "info or1k spr" today >> too (I don't know what that actually does). >> >> I think starting from scratch with a clean submission, that >> includes the corresponding docs would make a lot of sense. >> >> -- >> Pedro Alves >> > > Hi, > > Our OpenRISC port is not ready yet. So, I think you're right. > You can remove the old openrisc documentation and we'll > start from scratch with a clean submission. > In the light of Pedro and Franck's comments, I agree. We should start from scratch. The documentation doesn't even reflect reality - proprietary JTAG interface has long gone from OpenRISC GDB. It has used standard Remote Serial Protocol for a long time. Jeremy -- Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeId: jeremybennett Email: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com Web: www.embecosm.com Twitter: @embecosm