From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14371 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2011 20:19:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 14356 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Dec 2011 20:18:58 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from imr4.ericy.com (HELO imr4.ericy.com) (198.24.6.9) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:18:43 +0000 Received: from eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.178]) by imr4.ericy.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id pB2KIc3p010754; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:18:42 -0600 Received: from EUSAACMS0703.eamcs.ericsson.se ([169.254.1.43]) by eusaamw0711.eamcs.ericsson.se ([147.117.20.178]) with mapi; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:18:34 -0500 From: Marc Khouzam To: "'Stan Shebs'" , "'gdb-patches@sourceware.org'" Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:19:00 -0000 Subject: RE: RFC: Introduce remote console for CLI interpreter via telnet Message-ID: References: <4EC4ECB5.8090107@mentor.com> <20111201230711.GB2777@adacore.com> <4ED81749.8000305@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4ED81749.8000305@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00053.txt.bz2 > -----Original Message----- > From: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org=20 > [mailto:gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Stan Shebs > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:10 PM > To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > Subject: Re: RFC: Introduce remote console for CLI=20 > interpreter via telnet >=20 > On 12/1/11 3:07 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > Grigory, > > > > First, thank you for sending the patch. > > > >> Attached is the patch that introduces telnet service which can > >> accept and execute CLI commands from the remote user. > > No one commented on the desireability of such a feature. > > I'm a bit indifferent, to tell you the truth, and it would > > be nice to hear from others. For now, I've only skimmed over > > the patch... > > >=20 > Thanks for the feedback! >=20 > This patch originated as a feature request from users of another=20 > (proprietary) debugger that is used with Eclipse; as I understand it,=20 > they use it to provide remote access to help someone working with the=20 > IDE, to do some kinds of scripting-like setup, and to serve=20 > as a general=20 > backdoor fixing up situations where the Eclipse->debugger interface=20 > messes up. I'm actually hoping to use this feature directly from Eclipse, to provide a full-fledge GDB-console within Eclipse, with - prompt - command completion - command history - synchronization with the Eclipse UI This is something that has been in demand from Eclipse users for a long time. I haven't tried the patch just yet, but I'm eager to do so and hope to have time in the coming weeks. Thanks! Marc > I suspect that some of these users' needs could probably be=20 > handled by=20 > various Eclipse and/or MI hackery, but as we've nominally had a=20 > multi-input architecture for some time, it seemed more=20 > general, and dare=20 > I say it, even a little more elegant to simply allow command=20 > streams to=20 > come in from multiple sources. >=20 > Stan > stan@codesourcery.com >=20 >=20