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

Michael Snyder msnyder@vmware.com
Thu Jan 13 19:54:00 GMT 2011


Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> I used [target_info exists use_gdb_stub] last time I fixed a test like
>>> this (gdb.base/break-entry.exp).
>>
>> Yep, I've been tempted to use that too.  But I think "use_gdb_stub"
>> is still something different.  It was meant to refer to those old
>> stubs like i386-stub.c, not to gdbserver.  There used to be some
>> magic that you had to do, like this in break.c:
> 
> I looked at the documented procedure for testing with gdbserver,
> and everything is setup by the boards file.  So, it's basically
> a question of convention.
> 
> The boards file in the wiki do the following:
> 
>         set_board_info use_gdb_stub 1
> 
> So that might be the best solution, even if we might be abusing
> its original intent.
> 

Then what is the corresponding test for the testsuite?
And do we need to revise some of the existing tests?



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