From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32500 invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2005 06:38:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 32482 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Nov 2005 06:38:32 -0000 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (HELO zproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.162.193) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:38:32 +0000 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l1so2006625nzf for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.250.70 with SMTP id x70mr3735486nzh; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.2.35 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:38:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8f2776cb0511152238k6b99cd93w4787781ba1120119@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:21:00 -0000 From: Jim Blandy To: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Fwd: RFA: GDB manual: clarify lack of restrictions on 'm' packets In-Reply-To: <8f2776cb0511152223q4c1414f1l2218bc10dbdfa74e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_14211_10165084.1132123110623" References: <8f2776cb0511150102s42abc0a7xfe9ee344ab0224b3@mail.gmail.com> <8f2776cb0511151158n20cc5636kc974bc0cf9d967c1@mail.gmail.com> <8f2776cb0511152223q4c1414f1l2218bc10dbdfa74e@mail.gmail.com> Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00218.txt.bz2 ------=_Part_14211_10165084.1132123110623 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 1097 Accidentally dropped gdb-patches from the recipients. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Blandy Date: Nov 15, 2005 10:23 PM Subject: Re: RFA: GDB manual: clarify lack of restrictions on 'm' packets To: Eli Zaretskii On 11/15/05, Eli Zaretskii 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 * gdb.texinfo (Packets): Add index entries for 'm' packet disclaimers. ------=_Part_14211_10165084.1132123110623 Content-Type: text/x-patch; name=jimb.gdb-doc-remote-protocol-index-m-disclaimer.patch; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="jimb.gdb-doc-remote-protocol-index-m-disclaimer.patch" Content-length: 903 gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2005-11-15 Jim Blandy * 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 ------=_Part_14211_10165084.1132123110623--