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Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README
- From: "Doug Evans" <dje at google dot com>
- To: "Jim Blandy" <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:16:33 -0800
- Subject: Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README
- References: <m3k5m95qh6.fsf@codesourcery.com>
On Jan 16, 2008 2:56 PM, Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> Does this change look okay?
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 2008-01-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
>
> * README: Doc fix.
>
> diff -r 79c1d0c9402b gdb/README
> --- a/gdb/README Tue Jan 15 10:14:02 2008 -0800
> +++ b/gdb/README Wed Jan 16 14:55:33 2008 -0800
> @@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ allows remote debugging for Unix applica
> allows remote debugging for Unix applications. gdbserver is only
> supported for some native configurations, including Sun 3, Sun 4, and
> Linux.
> +The file gdb/gdbserver/README includes further notes on gdbserver; in
> +particular, it explains how to build gdbserver for cross-debugging
> +(where gdbserver runs on the target machine, which is of a different
> +architecture than the host machine running GDB).
>
> There are a number of remote interfaces for talking to existing ROM
> monitors and other hardware:
>
Heh. I grepped through *.texinfo but missed gdbserver/README. Blech.
Not that I care now that it's burned into my memory, but I wonder to
what extent things in gdb/README, gdb/gdbserver/README, etc. might be
better placed in foo.texinfo.