Re: removing stale config files

[Pedro Alves]

On 03/22/2016 10:28 AM, Ben Elliston wrote:
> The following files are in the config/ directory.  Many of these are
> very, very old.  Can you please let me know if you suggest (a)
> removing a file immediately (and if so, which one) or (b) marking a
> file for removal after the next release.
> 
> Then we can start on the baseboards. :-)

Good riddance. Any of these that doesn't use gdb_protocol "remote" is not
usable with current upstream GDB, as support for the target has already
been removed from the tree in past releases, or in the process of being
removed right now [1].

$ grep gdb_protocol *  | grep -v remote
arm-ice.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "rdi"
cf.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol  "dbug"
danlite-elf.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "sparclite"
fr30-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "fr30"
fr30-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "fr30"
frv-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "frv"
frv-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "frv"
i960-cyclone.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "mon960"
m32r-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "m32r"
m32r-elf.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol  "m32r"
mcore-elf.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol  "picobug"
mcore-pe.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol  "picobug"
mips-idt.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "mips"
op50n.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol  "op50n"
powerpc-bug1.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "ppcbug1"
powerpc-bug.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "ppcbug"
rom68k-idp.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol  "rom68k"
sparclet-aout.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "sparclet"
sparclite-coff.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "sparclite serial"
tx39-dve.exp:    set_board_info gdb_protocol "r3900"
vr4100-ddb.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "ddb"
vr4300-ddb.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "ddb"
vr4300.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "mips"
vr5000-ddb.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "ddb"
vx4300.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "vxworks"
vx68k.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "vxworks"
vx960.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "vxworks"
vxsparc.exp:set_board_info gdb_protocol "vxworks"

[1] - https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-03/msg00313.html

Thanks,
Pedro Alves