[yocto] Debug with gdbserver

[Khem Raj]

On Jul 31, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> I am trying to debug a userpsace application that misbehaves under
> poky-tiny. My current approach is use gdbserver on the target and attach
> to the offending process, then connect to it on the client using the
> yocto-built native gdb for the target.
> 
> I can easily add gdbserver to the target image, and can successfully
> connect it to the process:
> 
> # From the target (qemux86) root shell:
> # dropbearkey -t rsa -f ./rsa
> # dropbear -r ./rsa
> # DBPID=$(ps | grep dropbear | head -n1 | cut -f4 -d ' ')
> # gdbserver 127.0.0.1:1234 --attach $DBPID
> 
> Now on the host machine (amd64) I want to:
> $ gdb????
> (gdb) target extended-remote 127.0.0.1:1234
> 
> Which package do I need to build to get the appropriate gdb for the host
> to remote debug processes on the target?

bake cross-gdb for your arch and use it same way as above

> -- 
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
> Yocto Project - Technical Lead - Linux Kernel
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