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Re: [rfc/rfa] [3/4] SPU enhancements: gdbserver support
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, drow at false dot org
- Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:33:11 +0300
- Subject: Re: [rfc/rfa] [3/4] SPU enhancements: gdbserver support
- References: <200706021933.l52JXTJX005551@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:33:29 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, drow@false.org
>
> Eli, are the doc changes OK?
Yes, but see some comments below.
> +@item qXfer:spu:read:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length}
> +@anchor{qXfer spu read}
> +@cindex spufs
> +@cindex SPU
You already added a "@cindex SPU" entry in your previous patch. This
is the second index entry with exactly the same name, which is not a
very good idea: a reader looking at the index will not know which one
to choose. It is better to use an entry qualified by its context, for
example:
@cindex SPU, read @code{spufs} files
> +Read contents of an @code{spufs} file on the target system. The
> +annex specifies which file to read; it must be of the form
> +@var{id}/@var{name}, where @var{id} specifies an SPU context ID
Since you are talking about a file, you should use the @file markup:
+@file{@var{id}/@var{name}}, where @var{id} specifies an SPU context ID
> -@item qXfer:@var{object}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset}:@var{data}@dots{}
> +@item qXfer:@var{object}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length}:@var{data}@dots{}
Won't this change break backward compatibility?
> +Write @var{length} bytes of uninterpreted data into the target's
> +special data area identified by the keyword @var{object}, starting
What do you mean by ``keyword''? Isn't @var{object} a _name_ of an
object or its symbol?
> +at @var{offset} bytes into the data. @samp{@var{data}@dots{}} is
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Why use @samp here? Does it do anything useful?
> +the binary-encoded data (@pxref{Binary Data}) to be written. The
> +content and encoding of @var{annex} is specific to the object; it can
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Better say "... is specific to @var{object}".
> +@table @samp
> +@item qXfer:@var{spu}:write:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length}:@var{data}@dots{}
> +@anchor{qXfer spu write}
> +@cindex spufs
> +@cindex SPU
See above about "@cindex SPU".
> +be of the form @var{id}/@var{name}, where @var{id} specifies an SPU context ID
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Likewise, please use @file.