There was discussion to put with-expat in default config options not sure if that has been done or not.
On 11 November 2014 13:39, Will Newton <will.new...@linaro.org> wrote: > Do we know if the Windows gdb binary links against expat? Without > expat XML support is disabled. > > On 11 November 2014 06:51, Omair Javaid <omair.jav...@linaro.org> wrote: >> Have you implemented a qXfer packet response if not you can do so to >> use xml description provided by target. >> >> Here is a gdb help link that describe how to client can query target.xml. >> >> https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Retrieving-Descriptions.html#Retrieving-Descriptions >> >> >> On 10 November 2014 19:42, Qu, Strong <stro...@qti.qualcomm.com> wrote: >>> Thanks, Omair. I did check xml files in Linaro's source >>> (gdb-linaro-7.6.1-2013.10). In the target.xml file our gdb server sends >>> back to gdb client, we only include regsiters X0~X30, sp, pc and cpsr. It's >>> close to gdb-linaro-7.6.1-2013.10\gdb\features\aarch64-core.xml, which is >>> included in aarch64-without-fpu.xml. I don't know how the server can notify >>> the client that it does not have FPU supported. So I assume if the >>> target.xml does not claim feature 'org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.fpu’, it would be >>> deemed as no FPU supporting. >>> For now, I added some code in our code to return the value of fpsr and fpcr >>> to make the gdb client happy. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Strong >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Omair Javaid [mailto:omair.jav...@linaro.org] >>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:30 AM >>> To: Qu, Strong >>> Cc: linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org >>> Subject: Re: [Question] Should gdb client query FP registers even if gdb >>> server does not report having org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.fpu feature? >>> >>> On 7 November 2014 02:27, Qu, Strong <stro...@qti.qualcomm.com> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We have implemented gdb server in one of our project and we are using >>>> Linaro aarch64-none-elf-gdb.exe as gdb client. Our gdb server will >>>> response to packet 'qXfer:features:read:target.xml:0,fff' with a xml >>>> file which only claims feature ‘org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.core’. However, when I >>>> issue ‘info reg’ >>>> command with the gdb client, it actually sends out a packet ‘$p42#d6’, >>>> which is trying to read fpsr if I understand correctly. Is this an >>>> expected behavior or not? I just want to figure out whether our gdb >>>> server send some bad info to the gdb client and made the client thinks >>>> FP registers are valid. I hope I made my question clear and I’m really >>>> appreciate if anybody can help us on this again. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Strong >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> linaro-toolchain mailing list >>>> linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org >>>> http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain >>>> >>> >>> Hi Strong, >>> >>> GDB server will receive a register read request based on registers >>> information given in xml target description on the client side. >>> >>> You can find these xml in gdb sources under: binutils-gdb/gdb/features >>> >>> If GDB is requesting a read for certain register that you expect it should >>> not then you have to verify if its there in the xml description or not. >>> >>> There is a chance you might have developed your gdbserver implementation >>> with some version that doesnt match with current version of linaro-gdb. >>> >>> I hope this helps. Let me know if you need to know anything further. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Omair >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linaro-toolchain mailing list >> linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org >> http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain > > > > -- > Will Newton > Toolchain Working Group, Linaro _______________________________________________ linaro-toolchain mailing list linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain