[RFA] Remote symbol look-up (resubmission)
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@cygnus.com
Thu May 17 20:44:00 GMT 2001
> Are you saying that there is going to need to be an extra parameter (the
>> shared library name) added to the target->gdb symbol request on Solaris?
>
>
> No, I'm saying it could potentially be useful to pass back the filename.
> Not that I think it is necessary. The underlying mechanism that would
> use this method on Solaris has a symbol-file-name argument. We don't
> currently use it. Someday we might. Just keeping the option open.
In that case I'd prefer at this point to leave the the symbol-file
passing out. Instead just stick to a single simple qSymbol packet. The
behavour would be:
To start a transaction sequence:
-> qSymbol
It could even be:
-> qSymbol::
If you want simplicity and consistency.
The reply would be as you proposed:
<- ""
Not recognized
<- "OK"
Recognized but not now
<- <the-I-want-a-symbol-address>
As you've described
From then on it is:
-> qSymbol:<addr>:<symbol>
I don't think it is a good idea to try to include a mechanism for
passing back and forth the name of an object file until there is a
demonstrated need for such a feature.
The reason for this is that, in the past GDB has incorporated what look
like very reasonable idea's only to find that, when someone uses them,
they are insufficient.
Andrew
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