bfin-gdb

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 11:40 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is anybody actively working with bfin targets and using bfin-gdb?
> 
> ATM, rtems's bfin-gdb is still based on gdb-6.5 (very obsolete) with its
> bfin-specific patches actually being a bunch of hacks, but a real port
> and seemingly doesn't have an active upstream nor an active user-base.
> 
> That said, I'd seriously advise those of you working with bfin targets
> to try porting RTEMS's bfin-gdb to gdb-6.8 or (better) to have support
> for bfin integrated into upstream gdb.
> 
> Otherwise, I fear, we will not be able to discontinue supporting

Grr, sorry, this should have been ....
  ... we will not be able to continue supporting ...

> bfin-gdb rather soon (bfin-binutils and bfin-gcc are part of upstream
> FSF binutils rsp. GCC)

Ralf