From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20559 invoked by alias); 8 Feb 2014 03:05:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 20547 invoked by uid 89); 8 Feb 2014 03:05:22 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 03:05:19 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F9711652B; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 22:05:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id d8HHB-sy-Thz; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 22:05:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14C1D116524; Fri, 7 Feb 2014 22:05:16 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AE247E0BA8; Sat, 8 Feb 2014 07:05:15 +0400 (RET) Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 03:05:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Ivan Shcherbakov Cc: "'Blanc, Nicolas'" , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Your remove-symbol-file patch Message-ID: <20140208030515.GL5485@adacore.com> References: <003f01ce914a$1a34fa10$4e9eee30$@sysprogs.com> <388084C8C1E6A64FA36AD1D656E485661A7BC2C5@IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com> <008701ce9214$218700e0$649502a0$@sysprogs.com> <388084C8C1E6A64FA36AD1D656E485661A7BC7EC@IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com> <023301cf22fc$0fda6e30$2f8f4a90$@sysprogs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <023301cf22fc$0fda6e30$2f8f4a90$@sysprogs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-02/txt/msg00235.txt.bz2 Ivan, > Thanks a lot for your patch! It really improves the debugging experience > with Linux kernel modules as I don't need to reload all symbols when one > module got unloaded. > One more question. We are releasing a product that allows debugging Linux > kernel modules with Visual Studio and your patch would be extremely useful > for our customers. Would it be OK for us to publish it on our website > mentioning your authorship? Can you explain a little more the context of your request? For instance, what product are you releasing, and how does it tie in with this patch? Note also that we recently released GDB 7.7 which, AFAIK, provides that new feature. Thank you, -- Joel