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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/25] Generate c for feature instead of tdesc
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:48:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <837f0h5kjz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1497256916-4958-7-git-send-email-yao.qi@linaro.org> (message	from Yao Qi on Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:41:37 +0100)

> From: Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:41:37 +0100
> 
> gdb/doc:
> 
> 2017-06-08  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
> 
> 	* gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document optional
> 	argument of "maint print c-tdesc".

Thanks.

> -@kindex maint print c-tdesc
> +@kindex maint print c-tdesc @r{[}@var{file}@r{]}
>  @item maint print c-tdesc
> -Print the current target description (@pxref{Target Descriptions}) as
> -a C source file.  The created source file can be used in @value{GDBN}
> -when an XML parser is not available to parse the description.
> +Print the target description (@pxref{Target Descriptions}) as
> +a C source file.  The target description is got from the optional
                                            ^^^^^^
"is produced", I guess?  Or maybe I don't understand what you mean by
"is got" here.

> +argument @var{file} or the current target description.

I think this should be described in the reverse order:

  By default, the target description is for the current target, but if
  the optional argument @var{file} is provided, that file is used to
  produce the description.

>                                                        The created
> +source file can be used in @value{GDBN} when an XML parser is not
> +available to parse the description.

I also have some clarification requests (and I do realize that the
original text had the same issues):

 . I think we should say a few words regarding the argument FILE: I
   don't believe _any_ file will do in this role, so we should tell
   what kind of files are expected here.
 . "The created source file can be used in GDB ..." -- used how?  I'd
   prefer that we said a sentence or tow about that as well, or had a
   cross-reference to where that is described.

Also, what about a NEWS entry?


  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-12 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-12  8:42 [PATCH 00/25 V2] Make GDB builtin target descriptions more flexible Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 08/25] Add "maint check xml-descriptions" to test builtin xml target descriptions Yao Qi
2017-06-28 16:13   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 25/25] Remove features/i386/amd64-*linux.c and features/i386/x32-*linux.c Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 05/25] Use visitor pattern for "maint print c-tdesc" Yao Qi
2017-06-20 23:37   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 24/25] [GDBserver] Use pre-generated amd64-linux tdesc as test Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 12/25] [GDBserver] Centralize tdesc for i386-linux Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 01/25] Move initialize_tdesc_mips* calls from mips-linux-nat.c to mips-linux-tdep.c Yao Qi
2017-06-12 15:25   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-06-13  8:07     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 09/25] Use target_desc fields expedite_regs and xmltarget ifndef IN_PROCESS_AGENT Yao Qi
2017-06-28 16:16   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-28 17:42     ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-28 17:45       ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-29 11:45     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 04/25] Centralize i386 linux target descriptions Yao Qi
2017-06-19 21:27   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 21/25] Lazily and dynamically create amd64-linux " Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 02/25] Adjust the order of 32bit-linux.xml and 32bit-sse.xml in i386/i386-linux.xml Yao Qi
2017-06-19 20:22   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-19 21:24     ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-19 21:48       ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-19 21:56         ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-20  9:20           ` Yao Qi
2017-06-20 10:12             ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-20 11:09               ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 20/25] Centralize amd64-linux target descriptions Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 07/25] Lazily and dynamically create i386-linux " Yao Qi
2017-06-20 11:01   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-20 14:07     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-28 15:30       ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 22/25] Regenerate two regformats/i386/.dat files Yao Qi
2017-06-22 12:43   ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 16/25] Dynamically composite xml in reply to GDB Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 14/25] [RFC] GDBserver self test Yao Qi
2017-06-28 17:09   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-29  9:08     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 15/25] [RFC] GDBserver unit test to i386_tdesc Yao Qi
2017-06-28 17:22   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-29  9:27     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 11/25] Use VEC for target_desc.reg_defs Yao Qi
2017-06-28 19:01   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-29 11:05     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-29 11:31       ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-29 13:24         ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 06/25] Generate c for feature instead of tdesc Yao Qi
2017-06-12 14:48   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-06-13 12:07     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-13 14:49       ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-13 15:31         ` Yao Qi
2017-06-13 15:41           ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-14 16:21             ` Yao Qi
2017-06-14 16:32               ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-06-15 13:19                 ` Yao Qi
2017-06-15 14:45                   ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]   ` <d0c0b3b2-e585-acbb-d63e-6be6a6fe11a9@redhat.com>
     [not found]     ` <86mv90hyci.fsf@gmail.com>
2017-06-22 15:36       ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-22 15:58         ` Yao Qi
2017-06-26 21:38   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-29 15:24     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 10/25] Adjust code generated by regformats/regdat.sh Yao Qi
     [not found]   ` <92ca03ca-e06d-09fc-7243-e52dd29edcef@redhat.com>
2017-06-21 14:28     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 19/25] GDBserver: remove srv_i386_linux_xmlfiles Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 03/25] Class-fy tdesc_reg tdesc_type and tdesc_feature Yao Qi
2017-06-19 20:55   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-19 21:30   ` Simon Marchi
2017-06-20 10:31     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 13/25] Dynamically create tdesc in GDBserver Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 17/25] Remove features/i386/i386-*linux.c Yao Qi
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 23/25] [GDBserver] Convert amd64-linux target descriptions Yao Qi
2017-06-28 19:00   ` Pedro Alves
2017-06-12  8:42 ` [PATCH 18/25] [GDBserver] Use pre-generated tdesc as test Yao Qi
2017-06-19 19:59 ` [PATCH 00/25 V2] Make GDB builtin target descriptions more flexible Simon Marchi
2017-06-20 11:02   ` Yao Qi
2017-06-26 14:45   ` Tedeschi, Walfred
2017-06-27 13:49     ` Alan Hayward
2017-06-28  8:28       ` Yao Qi
2017-06-28  8:06     ` Yao Qi
2017-06-28 19:06 ` Pedro Alves

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