Re: New target support for GDB

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>]

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:07:33AM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Support for the Texas Instruments MSP430 made its way into the main 
> binutils CVS some time ago. I kept letting the GDB support slip behind 
> the current changes, but now I am making a push to bring it up to date, 
> and get it into the main CVS. I have code that seems to work with this 
> week's GDB snaphot (6.3.50.20050822), though it needs more testing and 
> polishing before it is merged. I want to sort out the procedural stuff 
> in parallel with completing the code.
> 
> I understand I need to complete an FSF form, to contribute the code. I'm 
> not sure which form, or where I need to send it. I looked on the GNU 
> site, but there are a number of procedures for different circumstances. 
> I'd like to clarify the appropriate one. I don't know the procedure for 
> delivering the code, cleaning up anything which it not considered 
> appropriate, etc. Also, I don't know who the coordinator is, who would 
> deal with this.
> 
> Can someone help me?

I'll take care of this off-list.

> We still need to get support into the main GCC repository. Once the GDB 
> stuff is in place, I will try to push the compiler stuff forward. We've 
> had solid support for GCC 3.2.3 since that was a new version. Again, we 
> haven't made the necessary push to catch up with changes to the compiler 
> core, and get our stuff merged. Now seems like a good time.

FWIW, I would recommend getting the compiler port contributed before
the GDB port, so that the GDB port can be properly tested...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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