Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758061Ab0FIS3d (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:29:33 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:55420 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751470Ab0FIS3c (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:29:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:29:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" cc: David Howells , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] FRV: Implement the GDB remote protocol 'p' command to retrieve a register In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20100609161909.18222.78028.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 700 Lines: 19 On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > > Sure, much less data to transfer across a slowish serial link. Umm. Or more? If you look at one register, you tend to look at several. And we're not exactly talking kilobytes here. Anyway, the existing patch is certainly easy to make a judgment on: it's not a regression fix but a new feature, so I'm not applying it. I was suggesting _making_ it a regression fix, but I really don't care. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/