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Re: New board file to run the whole testsuite with a local gdbserver in extended-remote mode
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: GDB Patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:04:18 +0000
- Subject: Re: New board file to run the whole testsuite with a local gdbserver in extended-remote mode
- References: <4F200EB2.8080909@redhat.com> <20120125182213.GQ31383@adacore.com>
On 01/25/2012 06:22 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> - many tests that do "attach" assume GDB can figure out what executable
>> the process is running, and load it automatically
>> (target_pid_to_exec_file). This doesn't work in the remote
>> targets.
>
> I think these testcases should be fixed to avoid tis requirement.
> We can always have one specific testcase that test that, and skip
> the testcase if testing in extended-remote mode.
That may well be the right course. I'll try it out.
>> I think this should be good enough to check in as is, and improve as
>> follow-ups.
>
> I agree. This is far better than nothing.
Thanks. I've checked it in now.
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Pedro Alves