RE: Do we still support DICOS?

Balázs Samu Fekete via Gdb
2025-06-17T06:14:21Z

Hi

I don't know what it would mean to have a maintaner, or how that works in general, but you can contact me with any issues regarding the port.

BR,
Samu Fekete
Ericsson

-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>
Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 9:32 AM
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Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?

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Hi,

On 6/2/25 07:57, Balázs Samu Fekete via Gdb wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can confirm, the Dicos product is stilll active, and we are still relying on the GDB support.

Do we have a maintainer to step up and address conflicts when they arise, or clarify which parts of the port are still useful etc?

>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Samu Fekete
> Ericsson
>
> From: László Benedek <laszlo.benedek@ericsson.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 8:47 AM
> To: Balázs Samu Fekete <balazs.samu.fekete@ericsson.com>; Simon Marchi
> <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>; Luis Machado <luis.machado@linaro.org>;
> gdb@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?
>
> Hi,
>
> The Dicos product is still active but I am not longer associated with it. Let me forward this to someone (@Balázs Samu Fekete<mailto:balazs.samu.fekete@ericsson.com>) more knowledgeable.
>
> Best regards,
> Laszlo Benedek
> Ericsson
>
> ________________________________
> From: Simon Marchi
> <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca<mailto:simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2025 11:05 PM
> To: Luis Machado
> <luis.machado@linaro.org<mailto:luis.machado@linaro.org>>; László
> Benedek
> <laszlo.benedek@ericsson.com<mailto:laszlo.benedek@ericsson.com>>;
> gdb@sourceware.org<mailto:gdb@sourceware.org>
> <gdb@sourceware.org<mailto:gdb@sourceware.org>>
> Subject: Re: Do we still support DICOS?
>
> On 2020-12-11 09:25, Luis Machado wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 12/11/20 6:34 AM, László Benedek wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am an Ericsson engineer working on a product that is the next version in the evolution of Dicos. This GDB support is still actively used in our products in Ericsson.
>>> If it is possible please do not remove it from GDB.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Laszlo Benedek
>>> Ericsson
>>>
>>> p.s.: I am not a subscriber on the gdb mail list, I was notified about this discussion. If you'd like to answer please cc me directly.
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> It would be nice to have someone step up and be a maintainer of the "port" then, otherwise I think this question will be raised again in a couple years.
>>
>> If we have a name we can get in touch with, it makes it easier for us to verify the status of the code and prevent unwanted removals.
>
> Hi László,
>
> I stumbled on Dicos today, as I was working on a feature, so I thought
> I'd do a check-in with you. Can you confirm that the Dicos port is
> still used? Also, do you guys really use upstream GDB for this, not
> an ancient version? Given that there was no updates regarding Dicos
> in many many years, I would actually be a bit surprised if the port
> hadn't bit-rotten a little bit.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Simon