Adding a target at build?

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:19:25AM +0100, James Sampson wrote:
> >As far as I know, no one has implemented a TIC54x target for GDB.
> >(if it was implemented, it would be configured using something like:
> >--target=--target=tic54x).
> 
> I just found a coff-tic54x.c file in the BFD library - I just made an honest 
> guess, that it might be used to read C54x COFF files. Does anybody know how to 
> use this? - I need to setup my target and really don't know how... Is there a 
> list of targets somewhere?.

Look in gdb/MAINTAINERS or configure.tgt.

BFD, a support library, is ported to tic54x.  GDB is not.  You probably
want to talk to the author of the binutils port; check
binutils/MAINTAINERS.  I bet he's got some plans for a GDB port.

> >> When this is setup, and the GDB's host is different from it's target, does 
> it
> >> expect to debug remotely? - Obviously it can't run it on host, because the
> >> code is target specific?
> >
> >Either remotely, or with a built-in simulator.
> 
> OK - Starting to make sense :-D. But how do I load the target specific file 
> into the GDB? - Again I need to setup my target, but how?.

This is why Andrew recommended cris and xstormy16.  They're relatively
new, clean ports.  It's still a lot of work but basing it on one of
those two will be simplest.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer