[RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)

[Luca Pizzamiglio]

Hi Ulrich,

I can confirm that alpha is not supported anymore by FreeBSD.
you could remove FreeBSD/alpha support from mainline GDB sources.

as soon as I can, I'll give a look to see if there are other
architectures not supported anymore by FreeBSD that could be safely
removed.

thanks!

best regards,
Luca Pizzamiglio

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> after a transition period of more than a decade, we are really close to
> actually moving all targets to the new tdep core file support (enabling
> cross-debugging of core files and core file generation), and removing
> the old-style long-deprecated native core file sniffer support.
>
> I've posted (untested) patches moving four of the remaining targets
>
> Linux/CRIS:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00707.html
>
> GNU Hurd:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00708.html
>
> Sparc Solaris:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00709.html
>
> NetBSD/arm:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00714.html
>
> Once those are in, there is just one more target remaining: FreeBSD/alpha.
>
> I have an untested patch for this as well, but I'm wondering
> whether this is worth it, as FreeBSD apparently has long stopped
> supporting the Alpha platform (last available in FreeBSD 6.4,
> which has been unsupported since end of 2010, if I'm reading
> the web site correctly).
>
> Given that, should we just remove FreeBSD/alpha support from
> mainline GDB sources?
>
> Bye,
> Ulrich
>
> --
>   Dr. Ulrich Weigand
>   GNU/Linux compilers and toolchain
>   Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com
>