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Re: RFA: mention gdb/gdbserver/README in gdb/README
"Doug Evans" <dje at google.com> writes:
> On Jan 16, 2008 2:56 PM, Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does this change look okay?
>>
>> gdb/ChangeLog:
>> 2008-01-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
>>
>> * README: Doc fix.
>>
>> diff -r 79c1d0c9402b gdb/README
>> --- a/gdb/README Tue Jan 15 10:14:02 2008 -0800
>> +++ b/gdb/README Wed Jan 16 14:55:33 2008 -0800
>> @@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ allows remote debugging for Unix applica
>> allows remote debugging for Unix applications. gdbserver is only
>> supported for some native configurations, including Sun 3, Sun 4, and
>> Linux.
>> +The file gdb/gdbserver/README includes further notes on gdbserver; in
>> +particular, it explains how to build gdbserver for cross-debugging
>> +(where gdbserver runs on the target machine, which is of a different
>> +architecture than the host machine running GDB).
>>
>> There are a number of remote interfaces for talking to existing ROM
>> monitors and other hardware:
>>
>
> Heh. I grepped through *.texinfo but missed gdbserver/README. Blech.
>
> Not that I care now that it's burned into my memory, but I wonder to
> what extent things in gdb/README, gdb/gdbserver/README, etc. might be
> better placed in foo.texinfo.
Nah. Trauma is just as good as documentation.
:)