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Re: [patch/rfc] Don't assume the host
> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:13:01 -0500
>> From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
>>
>> Much of ``Porting GDB'' also appears in ``Host Definition''. The two
>> could do with some rationalization.
>
>
> The way I see it, "Porting GDB" is a cookbook: it should list the
> necessary steps without explaining their rationale too much. It
> should refer to "Host Definition" for more info, wherever appropriate.
> "Host Definition", by contrast, should explain as much as possible
> each of the components of the host definition machinery.
Ah, ok. Yes, that makes sense. Should ``Porting GDB'' be moved to
before the host, architecture and target sections (and add a native
section?). That way the user is lead into the other chapters. Porting
GDB being a brief overview.
>> host - the machine GDB will run on
>> build - the machine your compiling GDB on
>> target - the machine that GDB will debug
>>
>> Native is a special case where host==target.
>> Cross is where host!=target
>
>
> Yes, I know that, but I still don't understand what is ``host only''.
> According to what you say now, such a beast does not exist, since
> there cannot be a GDB without a target ;-)
Yes. Good point. ``host only'' is a backward way of saying a GDB
supporting a ``non native target''. More to rewrite.
Andrew