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diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 687c02e598..b470aec8ea 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * gdb server stub
  *
+ * This implements a subset of the remote protocol as described in:
+ *
+ *   https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Remote-Protocol.html
+ *
  * Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Fabrice Bellard
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -15,6 +19,8 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0+
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
@@ -1667,12 +1673,23 @@ static void handle_remove_bp(GdbCmdContext *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
     put_packet(gdb_ctx->s, "E22");
 }
 
+/*
+ * handle_set/get_reg
+ *
+ * Older gdb are really dumb, and don't use 'G/g' if 'P/p' is available.
+ * This works, but can be very slow. Anything new enough to understand
+ * XML also knows how to use this properly. However to use this we
+ * need to define a local XML file as well as be talking to a
+ * reasonably modern gdb. Responding with an empty packet will cause
+ * the remote gdb to fallback to older methods.
+ */
+
 static void handle_set_reg(GdbCmdContext *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
 {
     int reg_size;
 
     if (!gdb_has_xml) {
-        put_packet(gdb_ctx->s, "E00");
+        put_packet(gdb_ctx->s, "");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1692,11 +1709,6 @@ static void handle_get_reg(GdbCmdContext *gdb_ctx, void *user_ctx)
 {
     int reg_size;
 
-    /*
-     * Older gdb are really dumb, and don't use 'g' if 'p' is avaialable.
-     * This works, but can be very slow.  Anything new enough to
-     * understand XML also knows how to use this properly.
-     */
     if (!gdb_has_xml) {
         put_packet(gdb_ctx->s, "");
         return;