From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26266 invoked by alias); 17 Jan 2008 00:13:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 26255 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Jan 2008 00:13:07 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.codesourcery.com (HELO mail.codesourcery.com) (65.74.133.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:12:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 29106 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2008 00:12:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (jimb@127.0.0.2) by mail.codesourcery.com with ESMTPA; 17 Jan 2008 00:12:48 -0000 To: "Doug Evans" Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README References: From: Jim Blandy Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:13:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Doug Evans's message of "Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:16:33 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2008-01/txt/msg00424.txt.bz2 "Doug Evans" writes: > On Jan 16, 2008 2:56 PM, Jim Blandy wrote: >> >> Does this change look okay? >> >> gdb/ChangeLog: >> 2008-01-16 Jim Blandy >> >> * README: Doc fix. >> >> diff -r 79c1d0c9402b gdb/README >> --- a/gdb/README Tue Jan 15 10:14:02 2008 -0800 >> +++ b/gdb/README Wed Jan 16 14:55:33 2008 -0800 >> @@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ allows remote debugging for Unix applica >> allows remote debugging for Unix applications. gdbserver is only >> supported for some native configurations, including Sun 3, Sun 4, and >> Linux. >> +The file gdb/gdbserver/README includes further notes on gdbserver; in >> +particular, it explains how to build gdbserver for cross-debugging >> +(where gdbserver runs on the target machine, which is of a different >> +architecture than the host machine running GDB). >> >> There are a number of remote interfaces for talking to existing ROM >> monitors and other hardware: >> > > Heh. I grepped through *.texinfo but missed gdbserver/README. Blech. > > Not that I care now that it's burned into my memory, but I wonder to > what extent things in gdb/README, gdb/gdbserver/README, etc. might be > better placed in foo.texinfo. Nah. Trauma is just as good as documentation. :)