* [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
@ 2014-11-28 16:26 Ulrich Weigand
2014-11-28 16:33 ` Luca Pizzamiglio
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From: Ulrich Weigand @ 2014-11-28 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-patches; +Cc: luca.pizzamiglio
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
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* Re: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
2014-11-28 16:26 [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha) Ulrich Weigand
@ 2014-11-28 16:33 ` Luca Pizzamiglio
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Luca Pizzamiglio @ 2014-11-28 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ulrich Weigand; +Cc: gdb-patches
Hi Ulrich,
I can confirm that alpha is not supported anymore by FreeBSD.
you could remove FreeBSD/alpha support from mainline GDB sources.
as soon as I can, I'll give a look to see if there are other
architectures not supported anymore by FreeBSD that could be safely
removed.
thanks!
best regards,
Luca Pizzamiglio
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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