Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] tdesc: handle arbitrary strings in tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p

Eli Zaretskii
2017-12-26T15:57:27Z

> From: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
> Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>,
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:48:32 +0900
>
> tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p in now able to handle arbitrary
> groups. This is useful when groups are created while the
> target descriptor file is received from the remote.
>
> This can be the case of a soft core target processor where
> registers/groups can change.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
>
> yyyy-mm-dd Franck Jullien <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
> Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
>
> * target-descriptions.c (tdesc_register_in_reggroup_p): Support
> arbitrary strings.
> * NEWS (Changes since GDB 8.0): Announce that GDB supports
> arbitrary reggroups.
>
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>
> yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
>
> * gdb.xml/extra-regs.xml: Add example foo reggroup.
> * gdb.xml/tdesc-regs.exp: Add test to check for foo reggroup.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>
> yyyy-mm-dd Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
>
> * gdb.texinfo (Target Description Format): Explain that arbitrary
> strings are now allowed for register groups.

Thanks, the documentation parts are OK.