Project Plan
Here you find a list of topics that are currently "under construction" in GDB.
Remove macros from gdbarch.sh
There are still a lot of gdbarch-specific functions implemented as macros in gdbarch.sh. These should be replaced by their appropriate "gdbarch_"-functions. This transition is currently ongoing.
infptrace vs. inf-ptrace
Currently there are two interfaces to ptrace (infptrace.c and inf-ptrace.[ch]). Target is to get rid of the old infptrace and just use inf-ptrace.
Following archs currently still use infptrace:
- alpha-osf
- i386-sco (will be deleted soon)
- powerpc-aix
- rs6000-lynxos (will be deleted soon)
alpha-osf and powerpc-aix need to be updated to use inf-ptrace.