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Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README


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.


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