Re: [PATCH] Support 'make check-parallel' in gdb's build dir

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>]

On 16-02-11 11:18 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> +check-parallel: force
> +	@if [ -f testsuite/Makefile ]; then \
> +	  rootme=`pwd`; export rootme; \
> +	  rootsrc=`cd $(srcdir); pwd`; export rootsrc; \
> +	  cd testsuite; \
> +	  $(MAKE) $(TARGET_FLAGS_TO_PASS) check-parallel; \
> +	else true; fi
> +

Thanks for making it a little bit more convenient.  I also use the check-parallel
target, it feels more natural than setting FORCE_PARALLEL.

> +Parallel testing
> +****************
> +
> +When testing natively (that is, not with a remote host), you can run

I know you just moved that text, but would you know by any chance what is
meant by "remote host" here?  Is it host in the Autoconf/Dejagnu,
terminology?

For example, if I'm building on Linux a GDB that will run on Windows to
debug some bare-metal ARM, we are in presence of a remote host which is
Windows?

I understand why you couldn't run parallel tests against a single, bare-metal
target, but I don't understand why having a remote host would limit that
(assuming you can connect multiple times simultaneously to that remote host).