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From: Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>
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Kris Warkentin wrote:

> Would it be of interest to have a generic 'set threadname <tid> 
> <name>' that called a target_set_threadname()?  I ask because we're 
> implementing named threads in our kernel but I don't know if many 
> other systems support this.  I can always add it to our backend but if 
> someone else might use it in the future, I can make it general.

This actually was on the wishlist ages ago, ca 1998 or so I think,
probably connected with eCos plans. Even a target that didn't
support named threads could still make use of the generic capability,
for instance via setup scripts - break at a place known unique to a
particular thread, get tid, name it, then user and other scripts can
reliably use the name.

Stan