RE: gdb reverse execution: how to actually run tests for it?

Jakob Engblom
2009-08-19T07:24:11Z

> > In any case, for the cases a board file is needed for testing
> > reverse, it would be nice to have that explained in the
> > wiki (or somewhere else).
>
> I should add that it is a shame that the remote targets
> don't report support for reverse until GDB tries it first...
>
> How bad is the failure mode in the reverse tests if the target
> does not support reverse at all? Can't we try a simple
> probing-for-support reverse test and if that fails skip the
> rest of the reverse tests? That would likely get rid of all
> the current needs for a hacked board file.

I think remote targets need to be able to report their features, including
reversible debug.

/jakob