Re: TRACE implementation

[sumanth <sumanth dot gundapneni at redpinesignals dot com>]

Hi ,

      I am talking about "gdb tracepoints" only. I am asking for "How 
can I implement them in GDB ?"
      means, where I can start with. Heard something about remote stubs 
.....

      Michael , Can you be a bit more brief on "published API" which 
you mentioned in your last response.

Thanks,
Sumanth G

Michael Snyder wrote:
> sumanth wrote:
> > Hi,
> >        I am trying to implement trace in my port. Can anyone point me 
> > where in
> >        gdb source I can refer to? Any helpful documents.
>
> What do you mean by "trace"?
>
> Have you looked at gdb tracepoints?  Is this close to what
> you are looking for?  See the url:
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_14.html#SEC95
>
>
> >        Once my trace is implemented , I have data in trace buffer. 
> > How can I convert the data
> >        from trace buffer and display it to user. Heard there are 3rd 
> > party tools which comes in handy .
>
> If you are talking about tracepoints (see above), and if
> you can make your trace buffer talk to gdb according to the
> published API, you can use gdb to display your trace results.
>
> If not, you need to tell us more about what you're trying to do.
>
>
> >        If any , please mail me. (preferably some gdb gui).
> >
> > PS: I am novice in gdb implementation .
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sumanth G