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Re: [RFA] Resubmit, reverse debugging [0/5]
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:58:06 -0700
> From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
>
> OK, here's a patch that adds
> 1) remote protocol documentation
> 2) The requested extension to the 'T' reply to replace E06
> 3) A big honking "deprecated" warning for E06.
Thanks. The documentation part is approved, with 2 comments:
> 2008-10-10 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
>
> * gdb.texinfo: Document the 'bc' and 'bs' (reverse) commands,
> and the 'replaylog' annotation of the 'T' stop event message.
Please mention the names of the nodes where you made the changes. In
doc/ChangeLog, node names are treated like functions in the code, for
this purpose, i.e. they should appear in parens before the description
of the change itself.
> +@item bc
> +@cindex @samp{bc} packet
> +Backward continue. Execute the target system in reverse. No parameter.
Please add here an xref to the place that describes the reverse
execution feature. Not everybody will remember that by heart when
they read the words "backward continue".