Summary of differences between FSF GDB and ST's Micro Connectversion

[Andrew Cagney]

> Hi,
> 
> A couple of comments from SuperH...
> 
> The current version of gdb available from ST is based on 5.2.1.
> 
> There are indeed some changes that can only really be classed as hacks. This
> was mainly in response to pressure to release something usable to users and
> our changes should not be considered to be complete.

> We intend to rebase our changes on 5.3 when time permits and also to resolve
> in as clean a fashion as possible all 'workarounds' that have been
> implemented.
> 
> We also intend to submit the changes for consideration by the maintainers in
> due course.

This willingness to get it right is very much appreciated.

> This is very much 'work in progress'.
> 
> I don't really want to go into the reasons for the introduction of the
> 'fork' command right now as the explanation would be somewhat lengthy. If
> anybody's interested then please contact me directly.

Just an aside, are you aware of:

(gdb) target remote |program

that is, talk to `program' using the remote protocol.

Andrew