Re: gdbserver extension

[jtc at redback dot com (J.T. Conklin)]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Rivers <rivers@lexmark.com> writes:

Martin> Not sure if anyone is interested but I've got a version of gdbserver
Martin> which supports debugging mips cpu's on linux, at least 43xx and 52xx
Martin> flavors of mips.  I've attached source.  You can include or ignore as
Martin> you see fit.  I'm sure the normal "gnu" programmers will look at this
Martin> and have a fit as normal coding styles aren't incorporated.  However,
Martin> the changes to low-linux.c incorporate appropriate information to
Martin> understand the mips architecture appropriately to allow remote debugging
Martin> (which is what I needed). I've used this with both gdb-4.18 and gdb-5.0
Martin> successfully.

Is it possible to provide this changes in the form of diffs from a
release, or even better from a current GDB snapshot?

While it's difficult to tell from these sources, I suspect that these
changes are too large for us to accept without a copyright assignment
to the FSF.

        --jtc

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J.T. Conklin
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