Question re: testsuite, "isnative", "is_remote" etc.

[Michael Snyder]

Kevin Pouget wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I'm thinking that there should be some test that checks for
> "use_gdb_stub" or "gdb_protocol".  But of course you have to set those in your board file too.
> 
> just the point of view of a 'gdb beginner', but why don't you rely a bit more on the target abstraction?
> maybe adding a "to_is_remote_target" in the 'struct target_ops' is too complicated,
> 
> but what about testing if the 'remote' target has been pushed on the current target stack?

That would give me exactly the result that I want.

Unfortunately, this test (is-remote) is done outside of gdb, in the 
dejagnu test suite, and is often done before gdb even starts.  So that 
information is not available.