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Re: [remote protocol] support for disabling packet acknowledgement
>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
Daniel> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 04:10:47PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> - GDB also knows it is using a reliable connection (tcp/pipe)
>>
>> That last bit was there until the last version of the patch before
>> submission, but I ended up removing it from the final patch. We
>> can always go with or without that bit for now, and change it
>> later, as the difference is all on GDB's side.
Daniel> IMO this isn't necessary - if someone tunnels a reliable
Daniel> TCP/IP connection from their stub, to gdb, via an unreliable
Daniel> channel, then they can read the manual and disable this
Daniel> feature. I've never encountered this. At that point you're
Daniel> not running directly off a target board's UART at system
Daniel> level, so you have the option of something like PPP.
Agreed. Telnet to a terminal server that feeds a UART based target
stub is common practice. TCP at both ends with datagrams in between
is too weird to consider.
paul