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Re: gdbstub initial code, another approach
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> writes:
Jan> gdb linux-nat.c (=local gdb) should be deprecated. There is
Jan> definitely a need for remote target and actively maintaining two
Jan> modes is not effective, we can run gdbserver even during
Jan> single-host debugging.
I think we should differentiate a bit between Oleg's project and
projects internal to gdb.
I agree that the current approach of writing all linux-nat code twice --
once for gdb and once for gdbserver -- is no good.
Also, I think Oleg's recent questions and investigations have shown that
perhaps gdbserver is currently a bit lacking for local debugging.
But, a lot of this is a problem specific to gdb. We could, for example,
remove linux-nat.c and move to only allowing gdbserver. Or, we could
have gdb and gdbserver share code. But either of these would be
independent of whatever interface the kernel provides.
Tom