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Re: General Query Packets: custom vendor packets
- From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- To: Paralkar Anmol-B07584 <B07584 at freescale dot com>
- Cc: "gdb at sourceware dot org" <gdb at sourceware dot org>, Trofimova Ekaterina-R2AAKQ <R2AAKQ at freescale dot com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:35:26 +0100
- Subject: Re: General Query Packets: custom vendor packets
- References: <DC6D7B34688246489A6578981A5ADEB9147A49@039-SN2MPN1-013.039d.mgd.msft.net>
On 09/24/2012 08:51 PM, Paralkar Anmol-B07584 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Per, E.4 General Query Packets in the GDB User Manual:
>
> "The names of custom vendor packets should use a company prefix, in lower case,
> followed by a period. For example, packets designed at the Acme Corporation
> might begin with `qacme.foo' (for querying foos) or `Qacme.bar' (for setting bars)."
This is just a naming convention to avoid conflicts with future official packets.
> How does one get GDB to send a Qacme.bar-packet on the RSP? We need to be able to send
> such a set packet - after doing a 'target remote' and before GDB sends a 'g'-packet.
You'll have to patch GDB.
--
Pedro Alves