Fwd: RFA: GDB manual: clarify lack of restrictions on 'm' packets

[Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>]

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Accidentally dropped gdb-patches from the recipients.

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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: Nov 15, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: RFA: GDB manual: clarify lack of restrictions on 'm' packets
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>


On 11/15/05, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Some possibilities:
> >
> > @cindex alignment of remote memory accesses
> > @cindex size of remote memory accesses
> > @cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses
> > @cindex memory-mapped input/output and remote protocol
> > @cindex input/output, memory-mapped and remote protocol
> >
> > I could go on like that, but it feel like overkill.  What do you think?
>
> #1 and #3 will do, I think.

For memory-mapped I/O, both alignment and size matter; I don't think
there's a sense in which one is more relevant to the question than the
other.  So I've committed 1-3; patch attached.  I'm happy to change it
if you disagree, of course.

2005-11-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>

        * gdb.texinfo (Packets): Add index entries for 'm' packet
        disclaimers.

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gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2005-11-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Packets): Add index entries for 'm' packet
	disclaimers.

Index: gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.290
diff -c -p -r1.290 gdb.texinfo
*** gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	15 Nov 2005 19:58:30 -0000	1.290
--- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	16 Nov 2005 06:17:08 -0000
*************** data from memory for the response; even 
*** 22332,22337 ****
--- 22332,22340 ----
  and @var{length} is a multiple of the word size, the stub is free to
  use byte accesses, or not.  For this reason, this packet may not be
  suitable for accessing memory-mapped I/O devices.
+ @cindex alignment of remote memory accesses
+ @cindex size of remote memory accesses
+ @cindex memory, alignment and size of remote accesses
  
  Reply:
  @table @samp