* write.c (relax_segment <rs_space>): Calculate growth using

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / TODO

diff --git a/gdb/TODO b/gdb/TODO
index dca8f2d3b60d39875697f84ccdf456fd6fffc873..6c83f79083c0e0550bb1dffcc3013d9f82811d88 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/TODO
+++ b/gdb/TODO
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ and most likely also:
 
 --
 
+Obsolete ser-ocd.c.
+
+--
+
 Wow, three bug reports for the same problem in one day!  We should
 probably make fixing this a real priority :-).
 
@@ -160,54 +164,6 @@ MAINTAINERS file.
        o       arm-* vs NetBSD's lack of ``unix''
        o       arm-* vs IRIX (see below)
 
-       o       delete mpw?
-
--- 2001-03-15
-
-                       Obsolete some targets.
-
-Possible selection criteria are:
-
-       o       uses a deprecated feature
-
-       o       doesn't build
-
-       o       doesn't have a maintainer
-
-Steps:            
-         
-       o       post proposals to gdb@ (DONE)
-
-       o       post announcement to gdb-announce@
-               crossed with gdb@ reply-to to gdb@
-               (DONE)
-
-                       ns32k-*-mach3*
-                       ns32k-umax-*
-                       ns32k-utek-sysv*
-                       tic80-*
-                       m68*-isi-*
-                       m68*-sony-*
-                       m68*-rom68k-*
-                       m68*-*bug-*
-                       m68*-monitor-*
-                       m68*-est-*
-                       a29k-ultra3
-                       powerpcle-*-solaris*
-                       powerpcle-*-cygwin*
-                       powerpc-*-netware*
-                       w65-*-*
-                       i[3456]86-*-sunos*
-
-       o       clobber the files:
-
-                       configure.{in,host,tgt}
-                       Makefile.in
-                       *-tdep.c *-nat.c *-xdep.c
-                       configure/*/*
-
-       o       update NEWS
-
 --
 
 Fix copyright notices.
@@ -290,9 +246,13 @@ Makefile.in and configure.in.
 
 Compiler warnings.
 
-Eliminate all warnings for at least one host/target for the flags:
--Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses
--Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized
+Eliminate warnings for all targets on at least one host for one of the
+-W flags.  Flags up for debate include: -Wswitch -Wcomment -trigraphs
+-Wtrigraphs -Wunused-function -Wunused-label -Wunused-variable
+-Wunused-value -Wchar-subscripts -Wtraditional -Wshadow -Wcast-qual
+-Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Wstrict-prototypes
+-Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls
+-Woverloaded-virtual -Winline
 
 --
 
@@ -346,6 +306,25 @@ Deprecate, if not delete, the following:
                The size of the cache can be computed
                on the fly.
 
+       IS_TRAPPED_INTERNALVAR
+               The pseudo registers should eventually make
+               this redundant.
+
+--
+
+Obsolete the targets.
+
+arm*-wince-pe
+mips*-*-pe
+sh*-*-pe
+
+Obsolete the protocols:
+
+RDB
+
+``As of version 5.3, WindRiver has removed the RDB server (RDB
+protocol support is built into gdb).''  -- Till.
+
 --
 
 Restructure gdb directory tree so that it avoids any 8.3 and 14
@@ -375,6 +354,12 @@ to any specific release.
 
 --
 
+Investigate changing --target=a29k-amd-udi to a29k-*-coff* and
+rationalize *.mt files.  The got-ya is in remote-eb.c - it has its own
+custom tty manipulation - it should be using the serial object.
+
+--
+
 Rename read_register{,_pid}() to read_unsigned_register{,_pid}().
 
 --
@@ -650,6 +635,11 @@ coverage analysis).
 Replace the file gdb/CONTRIBUTE with a file that is generated from the
 gdb/doc/*.texinfo directory.
 
+--
+
+Rewrite/break up sparcl-tdep.c so that it uses ser*.c as the mechanism
+for accessing either the serial or UDP port.
+
 --
 
                        New Features and Fixes
@@ -1094,6 +1084,14 @@ on the fly - should it be returned in the ``T'' packet?
 Underlying problem is that the register file is target endian.  If the
 target endianess changes gdb doesn't know.
 
+Suggest encoding registers as NN!VALUE.
+
+--
+
+GDB should allow incomming packets to be larger than outgoing ones.  A
+fully loaded T packet (containing all registers) can be very large -
+definitly larger than a corresponding Gg packet.
+
 --
 
                        Symbol Support
@@ -1373,6 +1371,9 @@ The name is wrong for starters.  ``target_signal'' should probably be
 After that it needs to be multi-arched and made independent of any
 host signal numbering.
 
+Once this is done, the signal enum can probably be moved to
+include/gdb so that it is available to embedded stubs.
+
 --
 
 Update ALPHA so that it uses ``struct frame_extra_info'' instead of