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From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com
Subject: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:26:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201411281626.sASGQcCB026552@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com> (raw)

Hello,

after a transition period of more than a decade, we are really close to
actually moving all targets to the new tdep core file support (enabling
cross-debugging of core files and core file generation), and removing
the old-style long-deprecated native core file sniffer support.

I've posted (untested) patches moving four of the remaining targets

Linux/CRIS:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00707.html

GNU Hurd:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00708.html

Sparc Solaris:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00709.html

NetBSD/arm:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-11/msg00714.html

Once those are in, there is just one more target remaining: FreeBSD/alpha.

I have an untested patch for this as well, but I'm wondering
whether this is worth it, as FreeBSD apparently has long stopped
supporting the Alpha platform (last available in FreeBSD 6.4,
which has been unsupported since end of 2010, if I'm reading
the web site correctly).

Given that, should we just remove FreeBSD/alpha support from
mainline GDB sources?

Bye,
Ulrich

-- 
  Dr. Ulrich Weigand
  GNU/Linux compilers and toolchain
  Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com

             reply	other threads:[~2014-11-28 16:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-28 16:26 Ulrich Weigand [this message]
2014-11-28 16:33 ` Luca Pizzamiglio

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