Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)

	* gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
	* gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
	H8/300 from DOS.

	* ChangeLog: guess...

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index ecdc61be66f2655cdf708a37b61e2debdd819ff3..5917ddc326162cea540449fb47e4ddfabf9b3d19 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
+
+       * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
+       * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
+       H8/300 from DOS.
+
 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 
        * gdb.texinfo:  `info user' => `show user'.  Noticed by David Taylor.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7b0cfe89fcad7a37fa5f7af56035d134a4d6bd15..c8addb96d1cda68dca7ad7e05a8a614d14c723ba 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -7539,11 +7539,11 @@ and @TeX{} (or @code{texi2roff}) to typeset the printed version.
 GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of
 this manual in the @file{gdb} subdirectory.  The main Info file is
 @file{gdb-@var{version-number}/gdb/gdb.info}, and it refers to
-subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same directory.
-You can read these files
-by hand if necessary, but they are easier to read using the @code{info}
-subsystem in GNU Emacs, or by using the standalone @code{info} program,
-available as part of the texinfo distribution.
+subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same directory.  If
+necessary, you can print out these files, or read them with any editor;
+but they are easier to read using the @code{info} subsystem in GNU Emacs
+or the standalone @code{info} program, available as part of the GNU
+Texinfo distribution.
 
 If you want to format these Info files yourself, you need one of the
 Info formatting programs, such as @code{texinfo-format-buffer} or

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in
index 13824469a800a2238a5a220a535fd0e8738690e9..eae7e213273677211ee5176246a2280fd16afeb3 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in
@@ -478,23 +478,31 @@ what speed to use over the serial device.
 
 @kindex device
 @cindex serial device for H8/300
-Use the special @code{gdb83} command @samp{device @var{port}} if you need to
-explicitly set the serial device.  The default @var{port} is the first
-available port on your host; on Unix hosts, this is typically something
-like @file{/dev/ttya}, and on DOS hosts @file{com1}.
+Use the special @code{gdb83} command @samp{device @var{port}} if you
+need to explicitly set the serial device.  The default @var{port} is the
+first available port on your host.  This is only necessary on Unix
+hosts, where it is typically something like @file{/dev/ttya}.
+
+On DOS hosts, communication with the serial device is handled by an
+auxiliary program, @code{asynctsr}.  For example, to use @code{COM2} as
+the serial device from a DOS host, execute @samp{asynctsr 2}
+@emph{before} starting GDB.
 
 @kindex speed
 @cindex serial line speed for H8/300
 @code{gdb83} has another special command to set the communications speed
-for the H8/300: @samp{speed @var{bps}}.  
+for the H8/300: @samp{speed @var{bps}}.  This command also is only used
+from Unix hosts; on DOS hosts, set the line speed as usual from outside
+GDB with the DOS @kbd{mode} command (for instance, @w{@samp{mode
+com2:9600,n,8,1,p}} for a 9600 bps connection).
 
 For example, you might start an H8/300 debugging session at 19200 bps
 like this (exploiting the default target and device):
 
 @smallexample
 $ gdb83
-@c FIXME: this falsifies the exact text played out, to permit smallbook
-@c FIXME... format to come out better.
+@c FIXME: this falsifies the linebreaks in the exact text played out, to
+@c FIXME... permit smallbook format to come out better.
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