new gdb remote packet type

[Andrew Cagney]

[draining my backlog]


> Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>>
>> To get this in, there's some additional leg work:
>>
>> - copyright assignment?
>>
>> - documentation (see gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo near the end)
>>
>> - a corresponding gdbserver patch
>>
>> - not to forget, ChangeLogs :-)
>>
>> Andrew

I cleaned up the ChangeLog and commited the remote.c change (adding a 
nod to Fernando Nasser who wrote a part of the original code).

Eli, How's the attached slightly revised doco tweak?

Andrew

> FSF has a copyright assignment on file for me.  The other items you mentioned are contained in the patch below with the exception of gdbserver patch.  There wasn't any feedback on 'P' packet support not being in gdbserver.  So I'm assuming that not adding 'p' packet support is o.k.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Bob
> 
> diff -ruN gdb-6.1.1-orig/gdb/ChangeLog gdb-6.1.1/gdb/ChangeLog
> --- gdb-6.1.1-orig/gdb/ChangeLog    2004-06-14 18:39:49.000000000 -0400
> +++ gdb-6.1.1/gdb/ChangeLog    2004-08-02 10:33:03.993382712 -0400
> @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
> +2004-06-28  Robert Picco <Robert.Picco@hp.com>
> +    * Add new 'p' packet to gdb/remote.c.  The 'p' is for fetching
> +    the value of a single register.  It complements the 'P' which
> +    writes a single register.  Should the remote gdbserver support
> +    the 'p', then 'g' packets aren't used.
> +
> 2004-06-14  GDB Administrator  <gdbadmin@sourceware.org>
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