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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make target_read_string faster over high-latency links.
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>>>>> "Paul" =3D=3D Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> writes:

>> Just to clarify, you are suggesting a new packet, e.g.
>> =C2=A0qStr {addr},{maxlen}
>> in response to which gdbserver will read up to either terminating NUL,
>> or maxlen.

Paul> Ping?
Paul> Tom, is that what you had in mind?

Sorry, I didn't think that you were expecting a response.

I am not all familiar with the gdb remote protocol, but yes, that is
what I was thinking of.

Tom