From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13290 invoked by alias); 28 Nov 2014 16:33:32 -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 13166 invoked by uid 89); 28 Nov 2014 16:33:30 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,LIKELY_SPAM_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ie0-f179.google.com Received: from mail-ie0-f179.google.com (HELO mail-ie0-f179.google.com) (209.85.223.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:33:29 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id rp18so6278277iec.38 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:33:27 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.107.39.80 with SMTP id n77mr35183727ion.72.1417192407383; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:33:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.21.231 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:33:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201411281626.sASGQcCB026552@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com> References: <201411281626.sASGQcCB026552@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com> From: Luca Pizzamiglio Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:33:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] Removing old core file sniffer support (affects FreeBSD/alpha) To: Ulrich Weigand Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-11/txt/msg00716.txt.bz2 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 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 >