Re: Tensilica would like to submit an XTENSA GDB patch

[Maxim Grigoriev <maxim@tensilica.com>]

Hi Daniel,

 > You've already been referred to the CONTRIBUTE file

Yes, I got it. So I'm going to follow this instruction.

 > One of the most important things when submitting a new port is to start
 > by submitting each fix to the generic (target-independent) portion of
 > GDB, with an explanation of why it is necessary. If you just post a
 > single large patch, no one will be interested in reviewing it.

Thanks much for the explanation. It helps to understand the process.

My first update doesn't include any target-independent code. In the 
future, I'd expect us to have some generic fixes for the problems 
exposed by XTENSA users. But, it doesn't seem to be an issue right now.

 > If you intend to continue maintaining it, then yes. If not we probably
 > would reject the contribution. It's of no use if no one is keeping it 
up to date.

Yes, we're highly interested in maintaining it.

Thanks,
Maxim

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 03:59:20PM -0700, Maxim Grigoriev wrote:
>  
>> Hi,
>>
>> My email addresses GDB maintainers.
>>
>> I merged GDB Tensilica local changes with GDB 6.5, and it works fine. 
>> We'd like to submit XTENSA port and start monitoring it. It would 
>> benefit both us and our customers. Once in while, Tensilica tried to 
>> submit an XTENSA port, but it didn't work out for some reason.
>>
>> So if this is possible can somebody among GDB maintainers start 
>> working with me, please ?
>>
>> I'll probably need a short instruction or a reference to the right 
>> document describing how to submit GDB patches.
>>     
>
> You've already been referred to the CONTRIBUTE file; it's fairly
> useful.  You can also find lots of examples in the mailing list
> archives for the gdb-patches mailing list.
>
> One of the most important things when submitting a new port is to start
> by submitting each fix to the generic (target-independent) portion of
> GDB, with an explanation of why it is necessary.  If you just post a
> single large patch, no one will be interested in reviewing it.
>
> We're always short of maintainer time, but we do the best we can
> to see that patches get looked at.
>
>  
>> And, question: If I succeed with submitting XTENSA port, should I 
>> become a maintainer for the XTENSA-specific code ?
>>     
>
> If you intend to continue maintaining it, then yes.  If not we probably
> would reject the contribution.  It's of no use if no one is keeping it
> up to date.
>
>