From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30683 invoked by alias); 16 Sep 2008 09:39:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 30673 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Sep 2008 09:39:33 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.idnet.net.uk (HELO mail.idnet.net.uk) (212.69.36.63) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:38:43 +0000 Received: from [91.135.5.64] by mail.idnet.net.uk (GMS 15.01.3664/NU3963.00.7ca42f0c) with ESMTP id meslbmba for gdb@sourceware.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:38:36 +0100 Subject: Re: HOWTO for porting GDB published From: Jeremy Bennett Reply-To: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com To: gdb@sourceware.org Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann In-Reply-To: <1221346443.28258.50.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1220352763.2870.178.camel@thomas> <1221346443.28258.50.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:39:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1221557919.2827.302.camel@thomas> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AuthenticatedSender: jeremy.bennett.embecosm.com@idnet.net.uk X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-09/txt/msg00093.txt.bz2 On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 19:54 -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > I wonder if you'd be interested in merging at least some of your work > into the GDB Internals document? IMHO it would make your documentation > effort even more effective, by providing them in a standard place where > people already turn to. > > I think chapter 2 in particular is very interesting to merge. Especially > the following parts, which from my comparison with gdbint you describe > better (and in some cases, the information isn't even there in the > internals manual): > > creating a gdbarch (section 2.3) > gdbarch_info (2.3.1, 2.3.1.1) > raw, pseudo and cooked register sets (2.3.5) > regcache (section 2.3.5.3), > frame handling (section 2.3.6 and subsections) > procedure flows (section 2.11) > > Of course the other parts would also be fit for the GDB Internals. It > has a stub chapter already about Porting GDB. Hi Thiago, Thanks for adding the link to the GDB Wiki. I'm very happy to incorporate parts of this document into the GDB Internals. I'll try incorporating the sections you suggest as a start. Jeremy -- Tel: +44 (1202) 416955 Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeID: jeremybennett Email: jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com Web: www.embecosm.com