2011-05-17 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>

	gdb/doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Remote Protocol) <Overview>: Mention vCont is
	required for multi-threading support.
	(Remote Protocol) <Packets>: Mention that 'c', 's', 'C', 'S' and
	Hc are deprecated for multi-threading debugging.  Point readers at
	the vCont packet.

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index bbb855d4c8c..0469b0ae558 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2011-05-17  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (Remote Protocol) <Overview>: Mention vCont is
+	required for multi-threading support.
+	(Remote Protocol) <Packets>: Mention that 'c', 's', 'C', 'S' and
+	Hc are deprecated for multi-threading debugging.  Point readers at
+	the vCont packet.
+
 2011-05-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Auto-loading): Document printing of missing scripts.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7fe6aac0d34..584a52043f4 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -32195,9 +32195,12 @@ For any @var{command} not supported by the stub, an empty response
 protocol.  A newer @value{GDBN} can tell if a packet is supported based
 on that response.
 
-A stub is required to support the @samp{g}, @samp{G}, @samp{m}, @samp{M},
-@samp{c}, and @samp{s} @var{command}s.  All other @var{command}s are
-optional.
+At a minimum, a stub is required to support the @samp{g} and @samp{G}
+commands for register access, and the @samp{m} and @samp{M} commands
+for memory access.  Stubs that only control single-threaded targets
+can implement run control with the @samp{c} (continue), and @samp{s}
+(step) commands.  Stubs that support multi-threading targets should
+support the @samp{vCont} command.  All other commands are optional.
 
 @node Packets
 @section Packets
@@ -32334,6 +32337,9 @@ Reply:
 Continue.  @var{addr} is address to resume.  If @var{addr} is omitted,
 resume at current address.
 
+This packet is deprecated for multi-threading support.  @xref{vCont
+packet}.
+
 Reply:
 @xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply specifications.
 
@@ -32342,6 +32348,9 @@ Reply:
 Continue with signal @var{sig} (hex signal number).  If
 @samp{;@var{addr}} is omitted, resume at same address.
 
+This packet is deprecated for multi-threading support.  @xref{vCont
+packet}.
+
 Reply:
 @xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply specifications.
 
@@ -32424,13 +32433,15 @@ for success
 for an error
 @end table
 
-@item H @var{c} @var{thread-id}
+@item H @var{op} @var{thread-id}
 @cindex @samp{H} packet
 Set thread for subsequent operations (@samp{m}, @samp{M}, @samp{g},
-@samp{G}, et.al.).  @var{c} depends on the operation to be performed: it
-should be @samp{c} for step and continue operations, @samp{g} for other
-operations.  The thread designator @var{thread-id} has the format and
-interpretation described in @ref{thread-id syntax}.
+@samp{G}, et.al.).  @var{op} depends on the operation to be performed:
+it should be @samp{c} for step and continue operations (note that this
+is deprecated, supporting the @samp{vCont} command is a better
+option), @samp{g} for other operations.  The thread designator
+@var{thread-id} has the format and interpretation described in
+@ref{thread-id syntax}.
 
 Reply:
 @table @samp
@@ -32570,6 +32581,9 @@ The @samp{R} packet has no reply.
 Single step.  @var{addr} is the address at which to resume.  If
 @var{addr} is omitted, resume at same address.
 
+This packet is deprecated for multi-threading support.  @xref{vCont
+packet}.
+
 Reply:
 @xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply specifications.
 
@@ -32579,6 +32593,9 @@ Reply:
 Step with signal.  This is analogous to the @samp{C} packet, but
 requests a single-step, rather than a normal resumption of execution.
 
+This packet is deprecated for multi-threading support.  @xref{vCont
+packet}.
+
 Reply:
 @xref{Stop Reply Packets}, for the reply specifications.
 
@@ -32635,6 +32652,7 @@ for success in non-stop mode (@pxref{Remote Non-Stop})
 
 @item vCont@r{[};@var{action}@r{[}:@var{thread-id}@r{]]}@dots{}
 @cindex @samp{vCont} packet
+@anchor{vCont packet}
 Resume the inferior, specifying different actions for each thread.
 If an action is specified with no @var{thread-id}, then it is applied to any
 threads that don't have a specific action specified; if no default action is