Protocol Translation (Apologies for LONG email)

[Andrew Batchelor]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for your reply...

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:48, Bill Gatliff wrote:
> Could you make a gdbserver-like proxy utility, that would launch before 
> gdb and listen on a port on localhost?  Gdb would then connect to that 
> port with RSP (or RDI or whatever), and you could translate the incoming 
> messages to whatever protocol you needed on the ICE end.

Hmmm, good idea, I'd not thought of that.  I've not really looked at the
gdbserver code, so I think I'll have a dig around in the morning.  It
sounds like what I'm after...

> Your server program could parse a configuration file, which might 
> contain instructions to download the application to the target before 
> gdb connects, or other housekeeping matters.

I'm not sure I understand you here, "parse a configuration file"?

> Once connected, you could use gdb's "maintenance" commands to send 
> out-of-band messages for the things that don't translate well between 
> RSP and your target protocol.

Do all GDB messages go via the gdbserver?

> This is not unlike how gdbserver, the BDI2000, and some versions of the 
> Wiggler work, and it wouldn't require modification of a single line of 
> gdb source code.

That's a plus.  I'm still flip-flopping between actually adding-IN to
the GDB code or (like this) adding-ON to it.

Thanks again for your help.


Andrew