From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:24:23 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Revert "GDB: Fix documentation for invoking GDBSERVER"
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6cf3675653e477ae0755195171a6a256a2aa8ac0;p=binutils-gdb.git

Revert "GDB: Fix documentation for invoking GDBSERVER"

This reverts commit 0a163825df5e98ad55de13eb3d3534d875943047.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 8c1e6189732..e25dee5eefc 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -21198,19 +21198,9 @@ syntax is:
 target> gdbserver @var{comm} @var{program} [ @var{args} @dots{} ]
 @end smallexample
 
-@code{gdbserver} waits passively for the host @value{GDBN} to communicate
-with it.
-
-@var{comm} may take several forms:
-
-@table @code
-@item @var{device}
-A serial line device.
-
-@item -
-@itemx stdio
-To use the stdin/stdout of @code{gdbserver}.
-
+@var{comm} is either a device name (to use a serial line), or a TCP
+hostname and portnumber, or @code{-} or @code{stdio} to use
+stdin/stdout of @code{gdbserver}.
 For example, to debug Emacs with the argument
 @samp{foo.txt} and communicate with @value{GDBN} over the serial port
 @file{/dev/com1}:
@@ -21219,27 +21209,8 @@ For example, to debug Emacs with the argument
 target> gdbserver /dev/com1 emacs foo.txt
 @end smallexample
 
-The @code{stdio} connection is useful when starting @code{gdbserver}
-with ssh:
-
-@smallexample
-(gdb) target remote | ssh -T hostname gdbserver - hello
-@end smallexample
-
-The @samp{-T} option to ssh is provided because we don't need a remote pty,
-and we don't want escape-character handling.  Ssh does this by default when
-a command is provided, the flag is provided to make it explicit.
-You could elide it if you want to.
-
-Programs started with stdio-connected gdbserver have @file{/dev/null} for
-@code{stdin}, and @code{stdout},@code{stderr} are sent back to gdb for
-display through a pipe connected to gdbserver.
-Both @code{stdout} and @code{stderr} use the same pipe.
-
-@item @var{host}:@var{port}
-@itemx tcp:@var{host}:@var{port}
-@itemx tcp4:@var{host}:@var{port}
-To use a @acronym{TCP} @acronym{IPv4} socket connection on port number @var{port}.
+@code{gdbserver} waits passively for the host @value{GDBN} to communicate
+with it.
 
 To use a TCP connection instead of a serial line:
 
@@ -21259,21 +21230,22 @@ conflicts with another service, @code{gdbserver} prints an error message
 and exits.}  You must use the same port number with the host @value{GDBN}
 @code{target remote} command.
 
-
-@item tcp6:@var{host}:@var{port}
-To use a @acronym{TCP} @acronym{IPv6} socket connection on port number @var{port}.
-
-@item unix:@var{host}:@var{local-socket}
-To use a Unix domain socket.  This will create a socket with the file
-system entry @var{local-socket} and listen on that.  For example:
+The @code{stdio} connection is useful when starting @code{gdbserver}
+with ssh:
 
 @smallexample
-target> gdbserver unix:localhost:/tmp/gdb-socket0 emacs foo.txt
+(gdb) target remote | ssh -T hostname gdbserver - hello
 @end smallexample
 
-@var{host} must either be the empty string or the literal string @code{localhost}.
-@end table
+The @samp{-T} option to ssh is provided because we don't need a remote pty,
+and we don't want escape-character handling.  Ssh does this by default when
+a command is provided, the flag is provided to make it explicit.
+You could elide it if you want to.
 
+Programs started with stdio-connected gdbserver have @file{/dev/null} for
+@code{stdin}, and @code{stdout},@code{stderr} are sent back to gdb for
+display through a pipe connected to gdbserver.
+Both @code{stdout} and @code{stderr} use the same pipe.
 
 @anchor{Attaching to a program}
 @subsubsection Attaching to a Running Program