gdbserver pipe, xml and monitor changes

[Chris Johns]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> Take a look at the gdb Wiki; there's a page describing how to run the
> testsuite against a local gdbserver.

Great. This is what I was after. I only have the x86 Linux option to test.

> First of all, do you have a copyright assignment?  This is too big to
> take without one.  I see something that looks like you in the
> copyright assignment list, but the associated employer disclaimer is
> expired.

That is me. I will contact the FSF and get this updated.

> 
> After that's taken care of, I'd really appreciate it if you could
> break this up into a couple of logical pieces.  It makes them a lot
> easier to look at.  For instance, the register shadow cache is
> independent of everything else.
> 

Sure that is no problem.

> The pipe changes are user-visible, so we should update the manual.  I
> can take care of that later.

I did notice the documentation and I am fine with getting that in-order.

> 
>> The various low level back-ends have not be changed to printf_filtered or 
>> warning. Should they ?
> 
> Yes, if we document that pipe is available for them.
> 

Ok.

Using the pipe mode to run the linux gdbserver resulted in gdb being 
suspended. I suspect a signal was passed up. It did not show up with the BDM 
back-end because the target is not Unix process. Any ideas where I look ?

Regards
Chris