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Re: gdb.base/fileio.exp necessary?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Markus Deuling <deuling at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: GDB discuss <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:36:25 -0400
- Subject: Re: gdb.base/fileio.exp necessary?
- References: <463A007D.1080406@de.ibm.com>
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 05:32:13PM +0200, Markus Deuling wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at gdb.base/fileio.exp testcase. What gdb feature does it test?
> It's more a kind of test for open/read/write/ etc. syscalls isn't it? Does it
> make sense to have it in a testsuite for gdb? Maybe I'm overlooking s.th. ?
It tests GDB's emulation of file I/O activities for some remote
targets. See "File-I/O remote protocol extension" in the manual.
If you're noticing that it fails on gdbserver, add "set_board_info
gdb,nofileio 1" to your board file; the feature doesn't apply for all
remote targets.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery