Re: -symbol gdb option

["William A. Gatliff" <bgat@billgatliff.com>]

Pascal:


What is the command line you're giving to gcc/ld?  You should let gcc
write to its default output format (generally ELF or COFF), then
convert that file to S Records if you need to using objcopy.

Gdb will be very happy with the ELF or COFF file.


b.g.


On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 04:42:22PM +0200, Squal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using gdb to debug programs in a 68010 remote target. 
> The format of the executable file is s-record so, I can't
> reach the symbol table (s-record format doesn't include
> this kind of informations).
> I tried to specify the map file genered by gcc during the 
> compilation like the default symbol file with -s option
> but the map file format is not gdb compliant.
> 
> I would like to know which file format can I use to specify
> a symbol file with -s option to gdb. And if it's possible
> which file format should I use with the -s option (map or others).
> 
> Thanks and regards
> 
> Pascal Marty

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