[RFC] File-I/O, target access to host file system via gdb remote protocol enhancement

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 02:35:22PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:25:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > Ick, 32-bit st_ino... why bother to transfer it if you say "no meaning
> > for the target"?
> 
> The point is mainly to have all fields available which a POSIX compliant
> application may expect.

Right; but you require that the stub convert to host format anyway, so
it seems odd to send the unused members over the wire.  I guess they
might be used someday.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer