* remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply

	when waiting for your program to stop.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index cfdf35edcb18eeb5467465c7d30a137b021747cd..35c01ca9c71a8d37fb2c6a41c5df03b91bfd89a7 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed May  4 06:26:11 1994  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+       * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
+       when waiting for your program to stop.
+
 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
        * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header

diff --git a/gdb/doc/remote.texi b/gdb/doc/remote.texi
index 12246ada46e7cab835a185346abd0dc72874c4c0..422379dd893edfad036da6bc721742a1a615f3eb 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/remote.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/remote.texi
@@ -1333,6 +1333,11 @@ retransmit-timeout @var{seconds}} command.  The default is 3 seconds.
 You can inspect both values with @code{show timeout} and @code{show
 retransmit-timeout}.  (These commands are @emph{only} available when
 @value{GDBN} is configured for @samp{--target=mips-idt-ecoff}.)
+
+The timeout set by @code{set timeout} does not apply when @value{GDBN}
+is waiting for your program to stop.  In that case, @value{GDBN} waits
+forever because it has no way of knowing how long the program is going
+to run before stopping.
 @end table
 @end ifset