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Re: GDB-Protocol: Formalize ``!'' extended remote
- To: cagney@cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: GDB-Protocol: Formalize ``!'' extended remote
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs@cygnus.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:27:44 -0700
- CC: gdb@sourceware.cygnus.com
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:01:42 +1000
At present there are two general forms of the remote protocol ``remote''
and ``extended-remote'' (there is also extended - extended - unofficial
- confused - remote but that is another issue ;-).
At present the user must issue ``extended-remote'' before GDB will try
to use that command. I'd like to propose that, instead GDB always try
for extended-remote (sending the ``!'' packet and if nack'd revert to
the old protocol.
I think that would be great. I vaguely remember that someone didn't
want to do that originally because of old stubs not complying with the
requirement to ignore unrecognized packets, but if you have the
override option that possibility is covered.
Stan