I have successfully used gdb in cross-debugging mode, but not on a PPC. For the ARM, I did the following:
[on target machine "Target"] server 2345 myApp.Stripped arg1 arg2 .. [on cross-devel. machine] arm-linux-gnu-gdb myApp.WithSymbolicInfo target remote Target:2345 [set some breakpoints] continue It handled multi-threaded apps as well (or, at least as well as gdb handles any regular multithreaded app.). Note that you can run a stripped version on the target - saves RAM, download time etc. If there are specific signals you don't want gdb to handle, look up the "handle" command in gdb. There ARE limitations - some of them stem from the rather strange way Linux implements threads, some of them are gdb bugs - for instance, see http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ru&lr=&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&threadm=linux.kernel.s3ilmtka14t.fsf%40debye.wins.uva.nl&rnum=8&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dgdb%2Bthreads%2Bzombie%26hl%3Dru%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF8%26oe%3DUTF8%26selm%3Dlinux.kernel.s3ilmtka14t.fsf%2540debye.wins.uva.nl%26rnum%3D8 - but usually you can work round them. Good Luck! > From: Michael Sternberg > Subject: Debugger for PPC > Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:23:17 +0200 > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C22028.87F2C450 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="windows-1252" > > > My environment is PPC running Linux. > What debugger you can recommend (both GNU and commercial SW) ? > > I tried to set up gdb with gdb server running on remote computer > (actually on Pentium) and could not debug multithreaded applications. > It says "Real time signal catched" or something like and quits.. > > Thanx, Michael. > > P.S. Haifa ppl sorry for cross-posting. > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Hoyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems Java Partner Engineering ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
