GDB currently sends a qTStatus even if the target previously replied
an empty packet to a previous qTStatus. If the target doesn't
recognize the packet, there's no point in trying again.
The machinery we have in place is packet_ok, which has the nice side
effect of forcing one to install a configuration command/knob for the
packet in question, which is often handy when you need to debug
things, and/or emulate a target that doesn't support the packet, or even,
it can be used as workaround for the old broken kgdb's that return error
to qTSTatus instead of an empty packet.
gdb/
2013-03-28 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* NEWS (New options): New section.
(New options): Mention set/show remote trace-status-packet.
* remote.c (PACKET_qTStatus): New enumeration value.
(remote_get_trace_status): Skip sending qTStatus if the packet is
disabled. Use packet_ok.
(_initialize_remote): Register a configuration command for
qTStatus packet.
gdb/doc/
2013-03-28 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Remote Configuration) <set remote @var{name}-packet
table>: Add entry for "trace-status".
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