Re: Using Simulator from within GDB

["Cliff Tsai" <clifftsai at minecard dot com dot tw>]

Hi:Nitin

I have similar problem as you have.
For motorola architecture.
Their images should always be "big-endian".
So I don't know why the error message occur:
: little endian file does not match big endian target
(This is a error under insight(cygwin)).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nitin Gupta" <nitin@mobilygen.com>
To: <gdb@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 5:39 AM
Subject: Using Simulator from within GDB


> I am trying to use a simulator from within gdb 5.0. I am using m32r as
> my processor's "skin" and using it I have generated files from CGEN,
> giving it the m32r.cpu and m32r.opc files. I have also ported ld, gas,
> simulator and also tested that, by writing a sample assembly code for my
> processor and ran it on simulator after generating a.out from gas, and
> ld.
> 
> Now when I am trying to use my ported simulator from within gdb5.0 (also
> built for my processor) I am getting a warning that little endian file
> does not match big endian target
> I think my problem is that I don't know, how to talk to the simulator
> from within debugger. The only information I found is at
> http://sources.redhat.com/psim/manaul, which is quite obsolete.
> This is my gdb session after I invoke gdb with my simulator as an input.
> 
> % m32r-elf-gdb m32r-elf-run
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> This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> --target=m32r-elf"...
> warning: little endian file does not match big endian target.
> 
> (gdb) target sim
> Target (LITTLE_ENDIAN) and configured (BIG_ENDIAN) byte order in
> conflict
> Target (BIG_ENDIAN) and specified (LITTLE_ENDIAN) byte order in conflict
> 
> Connected to the simulator.
> (gdb) load
> Loading section .interp, size 0x13 lma 0x80480f4
> Loading section .note.ABI-tag, size 0x20 lma 0x8048108
> Loading section .hash, size 0x270 lma 0x8048128
> Loading section .dynsym, size 0x570 lma 0x8048398
> Loading section .dynstr, size 0x32a lma 0x8048908
> Loading section .gnu.version, size 0xae lma 0x8048c32
> Loading section .gnu.version_r, size 0x30 lma 0x8048ce0
> Loading section .rel.got, size 0x8 lma 0x8048d10
> Loading section .rel.bss, size 0x38 lma 0x8048d18
> Loading section .rel.plt, size 0x270 lma 0x8048d50
> Loading section .init, size 0x2f lma 0x8048fc0
> Loading section .plt, size 0x4f0 lma 0x8048ff0
> Loading section .text, size 0x54d34 lma 0x80494e0
> Loading section .fini, size 0x1a lma 0x809e214
> Loading section .rodata, size 0x1b819 lma 0x809e240
> Loading section .data, size 0x1654 lma 0x80baa60
> Loading section .eh_frame, size 0x4 lma 0x80bc0b4
> Loading section .ctors, size 0x8 lma 0x80bc0b8
> Loading section .dtors, size 0x8 lma 0x80bc0c0
> Loading section .got, size 0x148 lma 0x80bc0c8
> Loading section .dynamic, size 0xa8 lma 0x80bc210
> Start address 0x80494e0
> Transfer rate: 3771720 bits in <1 sec.
> (gdb) break main
> Cannot access memory at address 0x80495ec
> 
> I will appreciate if some one can tell me, How can I debug an a.out
> running
> on my simulator, while I am using my gdb. Or direct me to some source
> code
> or manual, where I can get some direction.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nitin
> 
> Nitin Gupta
> nitin@mobilygen.com
> www.mobilygen.com
> 
>