[PATCH] RSB: add RISC-V simulator to gdb

[Chris Johns]

On 17/1/19 11:33 am, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 6:28 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org
> <mailto:chrisj at rtems.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 17/1/19 5:18 am, Jiri Gaisler wrote:
>     > This patch adds the RISC-V version of the sis simulator to gdb-8.2. The
>     > SPARC build of RSB is also switched to gdb-8.2 to use the new simulator
>     > as it provides both SPARC and RISC-V emulation.
> 
>     Thank for this. I only have an admin question.
> 
>     Should the patch be on a ticket to make sure it is available and tracked within
>     RTEMS servers?
> 
> 
> Not this patch I assume. I think you mean the gdb patch referenced here:
> 
> +%patch add gdb https://gaisler.se/gdb/sis-riscv-2.9.diff
> 

Yes I was, sorry for not being clearer about this.

> We have tried to avoid dependencies on Jiri's personal servers so no 
> point in adding one now. :)

Yes.

> Filing a ticket just so it can have the gdb patch attached is good. Do we
> close it when we are using the patch or when it is upstream?

That is a good idea and use of the ticket. I would not assign a milestone so it
floats on a release.

Chris