From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17002 invoked by alias); 30 Apr 2002 15:01:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 16499 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2002 15:00:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nevyn.them.org) (128.2.145.6) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 30 Apr 2002 15:00:11 -0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 172Z6u-0006Np-00; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:00:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:01:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Kevin Squail Endres Cc: 'Kevin Buettner' , "'gdb@sources.redhat.com'" Subject: Re: arm gdbserver and shared object function resolution Message-ID: <20020430110007.A24413@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Squail Endres , 'Kevin Buettner' , "'gdb@sources.redhat.com'" References: <43CB1396676FD4119F03001083FD2994F5F17E@neptune.kirkland.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43CB1396676FD4119F03001083FD2994F5F17E@neptune.kirkland.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00505.txt.bz2 On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:59:03PM -0700, Kevin Squail Endres wrote: > > > my symbols are loading correctly. > > What I need to do: Break into the debugger inside a shared object either > remotely or locally - platform is arm. > > using 5.2 (the current snapshot was a little flaky..) I am seeing the > following behavior > (Note: arm target) > > native arm gdb: > run gdb targeted at app, set break at main - run - set break at function > inside shared object - run > RESULT: gdb dies (out of memory) > > run app - run gdb targeted at app - attach to pid - set break at function > inside shared object > RESULT: gdb dies (out of memory) > > cross-targeted: > run target - run cross (read in symbol file) - set break - continue - i get > the error below. Did you try Kevin's suggestion about solib-absolute-prefix? That should fix your warning about shared library breakpoints. -----Original Message----- > It is critical that GDB be able to find your target's dynamic linker > and load its symbols. To do this, you normally use > ``set solib-absolute-prefix'' to tell gdb where to find the sys-root > for the target's libraries. If you're not doing this, then perhaps > that's your problem? > > It is also important for the libraries in the sys-root location on > the host to be exactly the same as those found on the target. All > kinds of strange things can happen if this is not the case. > > Kevin > -- Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer