From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8095 invoked by alias); 3 Dec 2005 02:45:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 8088 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Dec 2005 02:45:05 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:45:03 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EiNOW-0005xa-Gj; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:45:00 -0500 Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:45:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Russell Shaw Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] plugin/extension interface Message-ID: <20051203024500.GA22826@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Russell Shaw , gdb@sourceware.org References: <439090FE.8040502@st.com> <200512021936.jB2JaZ6n014666@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <8f2776cb0512021412n17d2a8b2rf8cb4a48daa9449e@mail.gmail.com> <200512022241.jB2Mf3Fk024314@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <8f2776cb0512021507m52b9d491gd4ddc0ceaab594ba@mail.gmail.com> <20051202233207.GA19812@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0512021657i3f780f77sb1294b51753ffaaa@mail.gmail.com> <20051203023154.GA22527@nevyn.them.org> <439105DF.5040708@netspace.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <439105DF.5040708@netspace.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-12/txt/msg00020.txt.bz2 On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 01:41:35PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > Months ago, i added a remote protocol for a hardware in-circuit emulator > and was going to write a chapter documenting how to add a target protocol > to gdb. My questions on how best to add this to gdb in cvs got no response > whatsoever. Now i've lost all interest. [Off-topic here, but] I can't even remember seeing messages from you on this topic; a certain amount of persistance is always called for in GDB development. However, in general, I've come to believe that GDB shouldn't continue to add support for new remote protocols. What we need is a nice, open-source framework for gdb remote <-> other remote conversion. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC