[cdt-patch] remote target initialization (serial line speed etc.)

[Ashish Karkare <ashish.karkare@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,


While using CDT for debugging remote targets, I have noticed that  several
debug targets (of interest to TimeSys) are sensitive to serial line 
settings.
I have also seen other users in the CDT community express an
interest in setting serial line speed.

We (TimeSys) have a patch for CDT 1.2 that enables the user to set the 
serial
line speed for a GDBServer debugger while editing the launch configuration.
I would like to submit this patch to the group for consideration and 
will post
it to cdt-patch separately.

There are other quirks that we have discovered with embedded targets 
that also
require initialization commands to be sent to gdb, prior to issuing the
remote attach command. (One example of a such a quirk is a control character
sequence that needs to be sent to initiate a target connection.) These 
targets
do not require any special treatment after the attach has been completed.

The current mechanism for dealing with these quirks is to stick the required
commands  in the .gdbinit file.  The disadvantage of this is the lack of
programmatic control.  The alternative seems to be creating new 
createCSession()
methods in MIPlugin, which is not very desirable either.
It would be really nice if we have a general mechanism for
handling this.

Any suggestions on how to handle the more general initialization case 
would be
most welcome.

Regards,

Ashish.