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Re: [RFC] File-I/O, target access to host file system via gdb remote protocol enhancement
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:31:40AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 02:35:22PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:25:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > Ick, 32-bit st_ino... why bother to transfer it if you say "no meaning
> > > for the target"?
> >
> > The point is mainly to have all fields available which a POSIX compliant
> > application may expect.
>
> Right; but you require that the stub convert to host format anyway, so
In case of the stat structure it's always gdb which creates/sends the
structure. The struct is filled by gdb on behalf of the target OS.
I'm not aware of a system call which takes a stat struct as input parameter.
> it seems odd to send the unused members over the wire. I guess they
> might be used someday.
So you'd change st_ino to 64 bit?
Corinna
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