cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb Makefile

[Ruslan Ermilov]

Hi Marcel,

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:55:51PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2004, at 11:35 PM, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 02:56:53AM +0000, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> >>marcel      2004-11-30 02:56:53 UTC
> >>
> >>  FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >>  Modified files:
> >>    gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb Makefile
> >>  Log:
> >>  s/MACHINE_ARCH/TARGET_ARCH/. We use TARGET_ARCH to pick the MD files
> >>  for libgdb and should do so here as well.
> >>
> >>  Revision  Changes    Path
> >>  1.2       +1 -1      src/gnu/usr.bin/gdb/kgdb/Makefile
> >>
> >We use TARGET_ARCH only for cross-tools.  Once upon a time, gdb
> >was a cross-tool (as part of gnu/usr.bin/binutils).  Not anymore.
> >If it's not going to change then we should be using MACHINE_ARCH.
> 
> I disagree. The fact that gdb is not a cross-tool in the buildworld
> sense of the meaning is because we don't need gdb to cross-build world.
> This does not mean that gdb cannot be a cross-tool from a developers
> point of view. In fact, it's really handy to be able to debug a kernel
> remotely when the debugger doesn't run on the same architecture as
> the kernel. I for one do not want to have 2 machines per architecture
> for the only reason that I want to debug a kernel remotely. So, I made
> some changes to work towards that goal. I see no problems or harm,
> especially since I'm not misusing TARGET_ARCH. The ability to build a
> cross-debugger is simply not utilized as part of a buildworld.
> 
As long as it's possible to build gdb(1) suitable for a different
platform (eiher as part of cross-"buildworld" or manually), I'm
happy -- this fits into my defitinion of a cross-tool.  ;)


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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