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    kgdb: gdb "monitor" -> kdb passthrough · a0de055c
    Jason Wessel authored
    One of the driving forces behind integrating another front end (kdb)
    to the debug core is to allow front end commands to be accessible via
    gdb's monitor command.  It is true that you could write gdb macros to
    get certain data, but you may want to just use gdb to access the
    commands that are available in the kdb front end.
    
    This patch implements the Rcmd gdb stub packet.  In gdb you access
    this with the "monitor" command.  For instance you could type "monitor
    help", "monitor lsmod" or "monitor ps A" etc...
    
    There is no error checking or command restrictions on what you can and
    cannot access at this point.  Doing something like trying to set
    breakpoints with the monitor command is going to cause nothing but
    problems.  Perhaps in the future only the commands that are actually
    known to work with the gdb monitor command will be available.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
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