From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24462 invoked by alias); 26 Oct 2006 21:37:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 24452 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Oct 2006 21:37:14 -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; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:37:11 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1GdCuT-0005kb-Bq for gdb@sourceware.org; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:37:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:37:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [rfc/remote] Tell remote stubs which signals are boring Message-ID: <20061026213709.GA22067@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sourceware.org References: <20061025212441.GA622@nevyn.them.org> <20061026211624.GA21239@nevyn.them.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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: 2006-10/txt/msg00275.txt.bz2 On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 02:28:38PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote: > Well, the numbers might be in the passive voice. Or something. > > I had in mind fixed-width vs. variable-width. Fixed-width is used for > signal numbers in the response packets, so I think there's room for > confusion. Signal numbers in the step and continue packets are > documented to be variable-width hex, which is safely permissive; all > I'm suggesting is that those two words be added. > > I have run into width concerns working with other parts of the > protocol (for example, with register values in T responses --- > although that's target byte order so it's a bit different), so I think > it's worth something to be explicit. Ah, it's variable-width. But the overview says this: Except where otherwise noted all numbers are represented in HEX with leading zeros suppressed. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery