Re: DOS/Windows-specific code: sh-tdep.c and sh3-rom.c

Elena Zannoni
2001-05-09T07:49:00Z

Eli Zaretskii writes:
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, Kevin Buettner wrote:
>
> > > #ifdef _WINDOWS
> > > /* On windows we can talk through the parallel port too. */
> > > "Debug on a Hitachi eval board running the SH-3 rom monitor.\n"
> > > "Specify the serial device it is connected to (e.g. com2).\n"
> > > "If you want to use the parallel port to download to it, specify that\n"
> > > "as the second argument. (e.g. lpt1)";
> > > #else
> > > "Debug on a Hitachi eval board running the SH-3 rom monitor.\n\
> > > Specify the serial device it is connected to (e.g. /dev/ttya).";
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > It should be good enough to have a single string here which would tell
> > > that parallel port is only available on Windows.
> >
> > Perhaps, but it seems to me that the examples provided in the
> > different help texts are actually useful.
>
> I thought about retaining both examples. For example:
>
> "Debug on a Hitachi eval board running the SH-3 rom monitor.\n"
> "Specify the serial device it is connected to\n"
> "(e.g., /dev/tty on Unix or com2 on Windows).\n"
> "On Windows only, you can use the parallel port to download to it,\n"
> "in which case specify that as the second argument (e.g., lpt1)."
>

Yes, that was my understanding as well. This is Ok with me. I am going
to make the change today.

Thanks
Elena