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Re: [remote] RFC: Replace qPart with qXfer
- From: Vladimir Prus <ghost at cs dot msu dot su>
- To: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:41:45 +0400
- Subject: Re: [remote] RFC: Replace qPart with qXfer
- References: <20060622031731.GA26722@nevyn.them.org>
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> `qXfer:OBJECT:read:ANNEX:OFFSET,LENGTH'
> Read uninterpreted bytes from the target's special data area
> identified by the keyword OBJECT. Request LENGTH bytes starting
> at OFFSET bytes into the data. The content and encoding of ANNEX
> is specific to the object; it can supply additional details about
> what data to access.
Why do we need OBJECT+ANNEX addressing and opposed to just OBJECT? If
'OBJECT' is just a string, can't we push anything in it, without needed
extra level of addressing?
- Volodya