[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/5] gdbstub: gdb pass-through qemu monitor support

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>]

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Jason Wessel wrote:
> Maxim Gorbachyov wrote:
>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Jason Wessel
>> <jason.wessel@windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>> [cut]
>>   
>>> Seems reasonable too, see newly attached patch.
>>>
>>> Obviously you need the new monitor patch applied prior to this one.
>>> This patch was updated against the prior patch.
>>>     
>> It was noticed [by Jan Kiszka and me] that the output on the monitor
>> console goes both to the local as well as the remote one - but only if
>> you issue a command via gdb. When you type in the command locally (ie.
>> on the qemu side), that output is not forwarded to the gdb frontend.
>> Is this behavior desired?
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> That was certainly the intended behavior when I created the patch. 
> There is no reason to feed the monitor output up to the debugger that
> may or may not be attached.

That's not what we were confused by.

>  The behavior could get altered to check if
> the debugger is in the "continue" state and then send the information
> from the monitor, but it seemed of little value to do so.

Rather the contrary: What is the point of mirroring the output you see
in gdb to the local monitor console?

Jan


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