From: Luca Pizzamiglio <luca.pizzamiglio@gmail.com>
To: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha)
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:33:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB88xy_oX5tKoioDcydgr-E6-ww0Wv6Thh5SU==AMvkjnaXUYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201411281626.sASGQcCB026552@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com>
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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