Re: Problem in using gdb 6.8 to step code in flash

Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-05-14T13:08:39Z

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 01:48:38PM +0100, Jiju George T wrote:
> Â Â  I checked the difference between these two and fond out that the issue is
> caused by the difference in the way sde-gdb and gdb 6.8 does step operation.
> SDE GDB issues step(s) command to GDB server where as gdb 6.8 tries to set
> breakpoint on next line and issue continue(c) command. Any idea on why the
> two gdb variants behave differently for step operation using same GDB
> server? How gdb decides what mechanism to be used for stepping operation?

Is your GDB configured for mips-linux? The SDE debugger is
configured for mips-elf. Try that configuration instead.