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[RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
- From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: luca dot pizzamiglio at gmail dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:26:36 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
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Hello,
after a transition period of more than a decade, we are really close to
actually moving all targets to the new tdep core file support (enabling
cross-debugging of core files and core file generation), and removing
the old-style long-deprecated native core file sniffer support.
I've posted (untested) patches moving four of the remaining targets
Linux/CRIS:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00707.html
GNU Hurd:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00708.html
Sparc Solaris:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00709.html
NetBSD/arm:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00714.html
Once those are in, there is just one more target remaining: FreeBSD/alpha.
I have an untested patch for this as well, but I'm wondering
whether this is worth it, as FreeBSD apparently has long stopped
supporting the Alpha platform (last available in FreeBSD 6.4,
which has been unsupported since end of 2010, if I'm reading
the web site correctly).
Given that, should we just remove FreeBSD/alpha support from
mainline GDB sources?
Bye,
Ulrich
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Dr. Ulrich Weigand
GNU/Linux compilers and toolchain
Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com