Re: Error codes in Remote Serial Protocol

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

Jon Beniston wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
>
> > Jon Beniston wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Many of the commands in the remote serial protocol can 
> >
> > return an error 
> >
> > > code, 'ENN'. Are the values for these error codes defined anywhere?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > Perhaphs we should adopt those found in "include/gdb/fileio.h"?
>
>
> Are you refering to the errno codes? Do they really capture the type of
> errors we wish to return (i.e. no more breakpoint registers available).

Yes, and hopefully near enough: No space left on device

In the past it's been suggested that a local set of alternative 
messages; or or return error strings vis:

E00,<hex-encoded-string>

of course the latter has i18n problems :-(

Andrew