Re: Question re: testsuite, "isnative", "is_remote" etc.

Michael Snyder
2011-01-13T19:54:49Z

Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> I used [target_info exists use_gdb_stub] last time I fixed a test like
>>> this (gdb.base/break-entry.exp).
>>
>> Yep, I've been tempted to use that too. But I think "use_gdb_stub"
>> is still something different. It was meant to refer to those old
>> stubs like i386-stub.c, not to gdbserver. There used to be some
>> magic that you had to do, like this in break.c:
>
> I looked at the documented procedure for testing with gdbserver,
> and everything is setup by the boards file. So, it's basically
> a question of convention.
>
> The boards file in the wiki do the following:
>
> set_board_info use_gdb_stub 1
>
> So that might be the best solution, even if we might be abusing
> its original intent.
>

Then what is the corresponding test for the testsuite?
And do we need to revise some of the existing tests?