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-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo11
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
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+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-07-22 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Remote Protocol, Overview): Correct the description
+ of which remote protocol commands are mandatory for a stub to
+ implement.
+
2020-07-20 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc/guile.texi (Guile Introduction): Mention Guile 3.0.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index a002084..3bd8ddf 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -39134,12 +39134,15 @@ For any @var{command} not supported by the stub, an empty response
protocol. A newer @value{GDBN} can tell if a packet is supported based
on that response.
-At a minimum, a stub is required to support the @samp{g} and @samp{G}
+At a minimum, a stub is required to support the @samp{?} command to
+tell @value{GDBN} the reason for halting, @samp{g} and @samp{G}
commands for register access, and the @samp{m} and @samp{M} commands
for memory access. Stubs that only control single-threaded targets
-can implement run control with the @samp{c} (continue), and @samp{s}
-(step) commands. Stubs that support multi-threading targets should
-support the @samp{vCont} command. All other commands are optional.
+can implement run control with the @samp{c} (continue) command, and if
+the target architecture supports hardware-assisted single-stepping,
+the @samp{s} (step) command. Stubs that support multi-threading
+targets should support the @samp{vCont} command. All other commands
+are optional.
@node Packets
@section Packets