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Re: Fwd: Need to understand GDB internals .


 Hi ,

     Anybody with documentation on how to create GDB stubs for remote
targets on ARM architecture or otherwise  ?

 Regards
 Diptopal

On 9/3/09, Diptopal Basu <diptopal.basu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
>      Anybody with documentation on how to create GDB stubs for remote
> targets on ARM architecture or otherwise  ?
>
> Regards
> Diptopal
>
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Jeremy Bennett
> <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com
>> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 14:07 +0530, Diptopal Basu wrote:
>>
>> >      I need information on gdbserver internals too , as I am
>> > interested in remote debugging on an ARM 9 based board  , please let
>> > me know where I can find that information .
>> >
>> >     Thanks again for the GDB internals information you provided .
>>
>> Hi Diptopal,
>>
>> I've never actually used gdbserver (most of my work is with small bare
>> metal targets too small to support it). There is some documentation
>> within the main GDB manual. My application note on Remote Serial
>> Protocol should help you with the side that interfaces to the GDB
>> client.
>>
>>        http://www.embecosm.com/download/ean4.html
>>
>> Other than that, it's study the code (in the gdb/gdbserver directory) -
>> lots of example targets there. Plus there's many people on this mailing
>> list and the GDB IRC channel who understand the program and can help you
>> with detailed specifics.
>>
>> Once you understand all about it, you could update the GDB Internals
>> manual with some more documentation...
>>
>> ATB,
>>
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
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