Standard GDB Remote Protocol

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On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Steven Johnson wrote:

> I am about to write a GDB Remote Stub, and I want to use the standard
> GDB Remote protocol for this.
> 
> Can anyone point me at the Protocol specification for this? Or doesn't
> it exist?
> 
> Ive looked everywhere I can think of and can find nothing documented
> about it, except references to the fact GDB has this standard Protocol.
> 
> I Know i'll get the answer "Use the Source". But that is hardly
> appropriate for a Protocol. There are far more subtleties to Protocol
> Design and Implementation than can usually be gleaned from anyone's
> source code. 
> 
> If it doesn't exist, does anyone have any objections to a complete,
> formal, Protocol specification for the GDB Remote Protocol being
> created. (Note: here Im putting up my hand. If I have to reverse
> engineer it from the code, Im going to document it for my benefit
> anyway.)
> 
> If it does exist, is it up-to-date?

Look at 

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb_14.html#SEC115

It seems quite uptodate.

> 
> If I need to create one, what format should I create it in? (i.e.,
> preferred document type).
> 
> Steven Johnson
> Managing Director
> Neurizon Pty Ltd
> 

Thanks,

Aleksey