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Re: [PATCH] auxv support
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at elta dot co dot il>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: drow at mvista dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 02 Feb 2004 08:23:55 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxv support
- References: <200402020011.i120BMdI017809@magilla.sf.frob.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at elta dot co dot il>
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:11:22 -0800
> From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
>
> Following are three pairs of log entry and patch. First, docs for info
> auxv and the new qAuxVector remote protocol packet.
Thanks.
> @@ -20363,6 +20390,18 @@ encoded). @value{GDBN} will continue to
> (if available), until the target ceases to request them.
> @end table
>
> +@item @code{qAuxVector}:@var{offset},@var{length} --- auxiliary vector data
> +
> +Read from the target's @dfn{auxiliary vector}, treated as an
> +uninterpreted block of bytes. Request @var{length} starting at
> +@var{offset} bytes into the data.
I think it's better to say
Request @var{length} bytes starting at ...
Also, please add here a cross-reference to the section that explains
what is an auxiliary vector. (The best place for that xref is after
the @dfn, I think.)