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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com>
To: asmwarrior <asmwarrior@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: New features for GDB under Windows
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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:04:52PM +0800, asmwarrior wrote:
> >I added the following functionality that was only available under Unix
> >before:
> >- Remote debugging using TCP/IP
> >- Remote debugging using pipes (other program's stdin/stdout)

Both of these are already included in current versions of Windows
GDB.

> >And the new feature:
> >- Remote debugging using special DLLs (this is faster than TCP/IP or
> >pipes and allows you to add new hardware targets - like JTAG adapters -
> >without re-compiling the entire GDB)

I don't know if this is a desired feature.  It runs into maintenance
and GPL compliance problems.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery