From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Christian =?utf-8?Q?L=C3=B6hle?= <CLoehle@hyperstone.com>,
        "jason.wessel@windriver.com" <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
        "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "daniel.thompson@linaro.org" <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Cc:     "dianders@chromium.org" <dianders@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] Documentation: kgdb: Replace deprecated remotebaud
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Date:   Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:28:06 -0700
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Christian L=C3=B6hle <CLoehle@hyperstone.com> writes:

> Using set remotebaud to set the baud rate was deprecated in
> gdb-7.7 and completely removed from the command parser in gdb-7.8
> (released in 2014). Adopt set serial baud instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <cloehle@hyperstone.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/k=
gdb.rst
> index 43456244651a..7c90e111b364 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
> @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Connecting with gdb to a serial port
>     Example (using a directly connected port)::
>=20=20
>             % gdb ./vmlinux
> -           (gdb) set remotebaud 115200
> +           (gdb) set serial baud 115200
>             (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0

I've applied this, thanks.

I can help but wonder, though, whether the historical information in the
changelog actually belongs in the document itself.  A user on some
ancient system who can't make the example work is probably unlikely to
consult the git history when looking for a solution.

jon