Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:37:06 -0500 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] Update to clang 3.4 Message-ID: <CAPyFy2AGiidtyMoKTQwTM4i86X6ug2y4E1vRRgCR2tQtb0p-QA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <29C2D69E-9EC8-418D-A333-FC1A8DA2133B@FreeBSD.org> References: <541C998A-071A-4917-9D91-DD00CB0E2689@FreeBSD.org> <CAJOYFBAf6rsZvNKgm5O-_rS%2BR5c=7939A3THNXanVSHVMnZcog@mail.gmail.com> <29C2D69E-9EC8-418D-A333-FC1A8DA2133B@FreeBSD.org>
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On 5 January 2014 08:00, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Second, the shipped version of gdb in our tree is very old, and is > basically unmaintained. Nobody in their right mind should ever use it > for debugging, unless they have no other choice. As soon as the in-tree > version of lldb is in workable state, we should get rid of the base gdb. > > I think the only tricky task left is our custom kgdb hacks, which must > be ported to some newer version of gdb soon, or preferably to lldb. I > have no idea if anybody is working on those. Our in-tree gdb is not particularly useful, but it also supports some debug information that both the ports gdb and upstream gdb do not. I am unaware of anyone working on bringing those changes and kgdb support to the ports gdb; I don't expect I'll be able to. I will work on LLDB kernel debugging support although I don't have a specific timeline yet.
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