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authorØyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>2010-09-27 22:55:30 +0200
committerØyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com>2010-10-01 10:26:10 +0200
commit96a56ba086ec94e577e4b3562010710abb2087c6 (patch)
tree77a87937ea11f785bd44a5f5ca974c3a84f274e2 /src/server
parent50d5441e2a615fb2c44b41a777e4373901f7a2e6 (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')
-rw-r--r--src/server/gdb_server.c10
-rw-r--r--src/server/tcl_server.c2
-rw-r--r--src/server/telnet_server.c2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 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]",
},
{
diff --git a/src/server/tcl_server.c b/src/server/tcl_server.c
index 613eb23f..16710860 100644
--- a/src/server/tcl_server.c
+++ b/src/server/tcl_server.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static const struct command_registration tcl_command_handlers[] = {
.mode = COMMAND_CONFIG,
.help = "Specify port on which to listen "
"for incoming Tcl syntax. "
- "No arguments reports Tcl port; zero disables.",
+ "Read help on 'gdb_port'.",
.usage = "[port_num]",
},
COMMAND_REGISTRATION_DONE
diff --git a/src/server/telnet_server.c b/src/server/telnet_server.c
index 00b4b5d2..98e86160 100644
--- a/src/server/telnet_server.c
+++ b/src/server/telnet_server.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static const struct command_registration telnet_command_handlers[] = {
.mode = COMMAND_ANY,
.help = "Specify port on which to listen "
"for incoming telnet connections. "
- "No arguments reports telnet port; zero disables.",
+ "Read help on 'gdb_port'.",
.usage = "[port_num]",
},
COMMAND_REGISTRATION_DONE