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Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:22:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README
- References: <m3k5m95qh6.fsf@codesourcery.com> <ud4s1ozka.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:56:53 -0800
>>
>>
>> Does this change look okay?
>
> Yes, but maybe the ChangeLog entry should be more descriptive ("doc
> fix" for a change in README says absolutely nothing).
Committed as follows --- thanks.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2008-01-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
* README: Mention gdbserver/README.
diff -r 9ed5b2935471 gdb/README
--- a/gdb/README Thu Jan 17 11:42:36 2008 -0800
+++ b/gdb/README Thu Jan 17 12:17:13 2008 -0800
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ allows remote debugging for Unix applica
allows remote debugging for Unix applications. gdbserver is only
supported for some native configurations, including Sun 3, Sun 4, and
Linux.
+The file gdb/gdbserver/README includes further notes on gdbserver; in
+particular, it explains how to build gdbserver for cross-debugging
+(where gdbserver runs on the target machine, which is of a different
+architecture than the host machine running GDB).
There are a number of remote interfaces for talking to existing ROM
monitors and other hardware: