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author | Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> | 2010-09-27 22:55:30 +0200 |
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committer | Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> | 2010-10-01 10:26:10 +0200 |
commit | 96a56ba086ec94e577e4b3562010710abb2087c6 (patch) | |
tree | 77a87937ea11f785bd44a5f5ca974c3a84f274e2 /src/server/gdb_server.c | |
parent | 50d5441e2a615fb2c44b41a777e4373901f7a2e6 (diff) |
pipes: add documentation for pipes
Stick with the name "gdb_port" even if this command
can be used for other things(disable, named pipes,
anonymous stdin/out pipe). "port" is correct for
probably more than 90% of use cases, if not more.
Signed-off-by: Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/server/gdb_server.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/server/gdb_server.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/server/gdb_server.c b/src/server/gdb_server.c index 7026ff21..51809026 100644 --- a/src/server/gdb_server.c +++ b/src/server/gdb_server.c @@ -2545,9 +2545,13 @@ static const struct command_registration gdb_command_handlers[] = { .name = "gdb_port", .handler = handle_gdb_port_command, .mode = COMMAND_ANY, - .help = "Display or specify base port on which to listen " - "for incoming GDB connections. " - "No arguments reports GDB port; zero disables.", + .help = "Normally gdb listens to a TCP/IP port. Each subsequent GDB " + "server listens for the next port number after the " + "base port number specified. " + "No arguments reports GDB port. \"pipe\" means listen to stdin " + "output to stdout, an integer is base port number, \"disable\" disables " + "port. Any other string is are interpreted as named pipe to listen to. " + "Output pipe is the same name as input pipe, but with 'o' appended.", .usage = "[port_num]", }, { |