GDB

On this page you will find all you need to debug your userspace applications running on your Armadeus board.

First of all, be sure to have installed the Toolchain. During Buildroot's Cross Compiler configuration be sure to have choosen following options:

Toolchain  ---> Build gdb server for the Target
Toolchain  ---> Build gdb for the Host

and optionally:

Toolchain  ---> Build gdb debugger for the Target

Compile your program with debug symbols

Use -g option of gdb:

 $ make shell_env
 $ . armadeus_env.sh
 $ export PATH=$PATH:$ARMADEUS_TOOLCHAIN_PATH
 $ arm-linux-gcc -g -o hello hello.c

Debugging on target from Host through Ethernet

• On the target launch your program like that:

 # gdbserver 192.168.0.2:2345 program [args]

192.168.0.2 is the IP address of your Host and 2345 the port number to use (examples).

• On your Host launch:

 []$ arm-linux-gdb program_name
 (gdb) set solib-absolute-prefix ./buildroot/build_armv4t/staging_dir/
 (gdb) target remote 192.168.0.10:2345

192.168.0.10 is the address of your target

only continue (c) can be used to start the program, because it is already running when you launch GDB on your host.

Core dump analysis doesn't seem to work in this use case !!

Debugging directly on target

You have to build gdb for the target and have a working NFS link between your target and your host.
On target launch GDB from your NFS mount like you do it usually:

# /mnt/host/gdb your_prog

If you need argument passing:

# /mnt/host/gdb --args your_prog your_args

To debug a Core dump:

# /mnt/host/gdb your_prog -c your_core

Links

• http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_5.html
• http://www.kegel.com/linux/gdbserver.html
• http://www.linux-france.org/article/memo/node119.html
• KGDB (for kernel debugging)

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