From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8063 invoked by alias); 28 Nov 2014 16:26:45 -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 8054 invoked by uid 89); 28 Nov 2014 16:26:45 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,SPF_SOFTFAIL,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: e34.co.us.ibm.com Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com (HELO e34.co.us.ibm.com) (32.97.110.152) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:26:44 +0000 Received: from /spool/local by e34.co.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:26:42 -0700 Received: from d03dlp02.boulder.ibm.com (9.17.202.178) by e34.co.us.ibm.com (192.168.1.134) with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:26:41 -0700 Received: from b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com (b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.130.19]) by d03dlp02.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705053E40030 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:23:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (d03av02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.168]) by b03cxnp08027.gho.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id sASGQeMw34734124 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:26:40 -0700 Received: from d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id sASGQeSE026785 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:26:40 -0700 Received: from tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com (tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com [9.152.85.9]) by d03av02.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVin) with SMTP id sASGQcCB026552; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:26:38 -0700 Message-Id: <201411281626.sASGQcCB026552@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com> Received: by tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:26:36 +0100 Subject: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha) To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:26:00 -0000 From: "Ulrich Weigand" Cc: luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 14112816-0017-0000-0000-000006A65B5A X-SW-Source: 2014-11/txt/msg00715.txt.bz2 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