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authorDaniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>2007-11-30 21:50:19 +0000
committerDaniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>2007-11-30 21:50:19 +0000
commitbe7ded9a130360a39eb10e5771933518d99531f1 (patch)
tree021064d0ffdfcf3f24b1aaa518e83c0eb89bfa85 /gdb/NEWS
parentb519ad14c51825e08db6bfa452261e4335bc5572 (diff)
downloadgdb-be7ded9a130360a39eb10e5771933518d99531f1.tar.gz
* remote.c (remote_cmdlist): New variable.
(PACKET_vFile_open, PACKET_vFile_pread, PACKET_vFile_pwrite) (PACKET_vFile_close, PACKET_vFile_unlink): New constants. (remote_buffer_add_string, remote_buffer_add_bytes) (remote_buffer_add_int, remote_hostio_parse_result) (remote_hostio_send_command, remote_hostio_open, remote_hostio_pwrite) (remote_hostio_pread, remote_hostio_close, remote_hostio_unlink) (remote_fileio_errno_to_host, remote_hostio_error, fclose_cleanup) (remote_hostio_close_cleanup, remote_file_put, remote_file_get) (remote_file_delete, remote_put_command, remote_get_command) (remote_delete_command, remote_command): New functions. (_initialize_remote): Register new packets and commands. * Makefile.in (gdb_fileio_h): New variable. (remote.o): Update. (SUBDIR_MI_OBS): Add mi-cmd-target.o. (SUBDIR_MI_SRCS): Add mi/mi-cmd-target.c. (mi-cmd-target.o): New rule. * mi/mi-cmd-target.c: New file. * mi/mi-cmds.c (mi_cmds): Add target-file-delete, target-file-get, and target-file-put. * mi/mi-cmds.h (mi_cmd_target_file_get, mi_cmd_target_file_put) (mi_cmd_target_file_delete): Declare. * remote.h (remote_file_put, remote_file_get, remote_file_delete): Declare. * NEWS: Describe new file transfer support. * gdb.texinfo (Debugging Programs with Multiple Processes): Correct formatting. (Remote Debugging): Add File Transfer section. (Remote Configuration): Document Host I/O packets. (GDB/MI): Add GDB/MI File Transfer Commands section. (Remote Protocol): Add Host I/O Packets section. (Packets): Add vFile. * Makefile.in (OBS): Add hostio.o. (hostio.o): New rule. * server.h (handle_vFile): Declare. * hostio.c: New file. * server.c (handle_v_requests): Take packet_len and new_packet_len for binary packets. Call handle_vFile. (main): Update call to handle_v_requests. * gdb.server/file-transfer.exp, gdb.server/transfer.txt, gdb.mi/mi-file-transfer.exp: New.
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@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ registers on PowerPC targets.
* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports thread debugging on GNU/Linux
targets even when the libthread_db library is not available.
+* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports the new file transfer
+commands (remote put, remote get, and remote delete).
+
* hppa*64*-*-hpux11* target broken
The debugger is unable to start a program and fails with the following
error: "Error trying to get information about dynamic linker".
@@ -37,6 +40,28 @@ targets even when the libthread_db library is not available.
building a single GDB executable that supports multiple remote
target architectures.
+* New commands
+
+remote put
+remote get
+remote delete
+ Transfer files to and from a remote target, and delete remote files.
+
+* New MI commands
+
+-target-file-put
+-target-file-get
+-target-file-delete
+ Transfer files to and from a remote target, and delete remote files.
+
+* New remote packets
+
+vFile:open:
+vFile:close:
+vFile:pread:
+vFile:pwrite:
+vFile:unlink:
+ Open, close, read, write, and delete files on the remote system.
*** Changes in GDB 6.7