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RFA/RFC: vCont for the remote protocol [doco]


Documentation, as promised.  Reserves the `v' letter for multi-letter
packets.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

2003-09-29  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Remote Protocol): Document v and vCont.

Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /big/fsf/rsync/src-cvs/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.175
diff -u -p -r1.175 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	9 Aug 2003 15:10:09 -0000	1.175
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	29 Sep 2003 14:32:55 -0000
@@ -19781,9 +19781,33 @@ Reserved for future use.
 
 Reserved for future use.
 
-@item @code{v} --- reserved
+@item @code{v} --- verbose packet prefix
 
-Reserved for future use.
+Packets starting with @code{v} are identified by a multi-letter name,
+up to the first @code{:} if any.
+
+@item @code{vCont:}[@var{action}@code{:}@var{tid}@code{;}]...[@var{action}] --- extended resume
+@cindex @code{vCont} packet
+
+Resume the inferior.  Different actions may be specified for each thread.
+If a final action is specified, then it is applied to all threads not
+explicitly mentioned; if no final action is specified, all other threads
+should remain stopped.  Possible actions are @code{s}, @code{S}@var{sig},
+@code{c}, and @code{C}@var{sig}, with the same meanings as those packets.
+The final @var{addr} associated with those packets is not supported in
+@code{vCont}.  Thread IDs are specified in hexadecimal.
+
+First reply:
+@table @samp
+@item OK
+for success
+@item E@var{NN}
+for an error
+@end table
+
+If the first reply is @samp{OK}, then the inferior will be resumed, and
+another reply sent when it stops.  @xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply
+specifications.
 
 @item @code{V} --- reserved
 


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