Re: [testsuite] setting sysroot for target-board

[Wei-cheng Wang <cole945 at gmail dot com>]

Here is the update :-)

2011-05-06  Wei-cheng Wang <cole945@gmail.com>

        * lib/gdbserver-support.exp: Add support for setting sysroot for
        target system.

--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdbserver-support.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdbserver-support.exp
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #      Port id to use for socket connection.  If not set explicitly,
 #      it will start at "2345" and increment for each use.
 #
+#   set_board_info gdb,sysroot
+#       System root for the target to find shared libraries.
+#       If target and host are different, this should be properly set.
+#

 #
 # gdb_target_cmd
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@
 proc gdb_target_cmd { targetname serialport } {
     global gdb_prompt

+    if [target_info exists gdb,sysroot] {
+        set gdb_sysroot [target_info gdb,sysroot]
+        send_gdb "set sysroot $gdb_sysroot\n"
+    }
+
     set serialport_re [string_to_regexp $serialport]
     for {set i 1} {$i <= 3} {incr i} {
        send_gdb "target $targetname $serialport\n"

Wei-cheng

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> ">" == Wei-cheng Wang <cole945@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> When testing remote cross-target, libc and other shared libraries
>>> will not be compatible with the one on host.
>
>>> This patch adds support for setting sysroot in target-board files, e.g.,
>>> set_board_info gdb,sysroot "/path/to/target/libc",
>>> so that testsuite can be used for remote cross-target.
>
> I think this looks reasonable.
>
> There is a comment just above the definition of gdb_target_cmd that
> needs an update for this new parameter.
>
> This patch also needs a ChangeLog entry.
>
> Tom
>