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"J.T. Conklin" wrote: > (IMO having "generic" embedded toolchains is essential. It makes no > sense to have multiple toolchains for essentially the same processor > (ie. sparc, sparclite, sparclet, etc.) when one would do.) Agreed. I think that the difficulties encountered when trying to support cpu variants within a single GDB are more of a reflection on the GDB architecture then a problem with the idea of having the debug smarts on the host (rather than the target). As Stan noted: > Those who study recent snapshots will notice that we are doing some > internal cleanup that will make it easier to support CPU variants > without kludging. > enjoy, Andrew