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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 11fb772..7d0c9bb 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2006-03-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Target Commands): Update text describing how to + specify a target. Refer to the detailed section on remote + debugging, not the brief mention. + * gdb.texinfo (Connecting): Organize the different 'target remote' connection methods into a table. Add a 'target remote' index entry. (!!!) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 5fb3c5e..6fc2a3a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -11906,14 +11906,23 @@ An executable file. @samp{target exec @var{program}} is the same as A core dump file. @samp{target core @var{filename}} is the same as @samp{core-file @var{filename}}. -@item target remote @var{dev} +@item target remote @var{medium} @cindex remote target -Remote serial target in GDB-specific protocol. The argument @var{dev} -specifies what serial device to use for the connection (e.g.@: -@file{/dev/ttya}). @xref{Remote, ,Remote debugging}. @code{target remote} -supports the @code{load} command. This is only useful if you have -some other way of getting the stub to the target system, and you can put -it somewhere in memory where it won't get clobbered by the download. +A remote system connected to @value{GDBN} via a serial line or network +connection. This command tells @value{GDBN} to use its own remote +protocol over @var{medium} for debugging. @xref{Remote Debugging}. + +For example, if you have a board connected to @file{/dev/ttya} on the +machine running @value{GDBN}, you could say: + +@smallexample +target remote /dev/ttya +@end smallexample + +@code{target remote} supports the @code{load} command. This is only +useful if you have some other way of getting the stub to the target +system, and you can put it somewhere in memory where it won't get +clobbered by the download. @item target sim @cindex built-in simulator target |