bfin-gdb

[ralf.corsepius at rtems.org (Ralf Corsepius)]

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

Ralf