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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:00:00 -0000
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Nai-Hsien <dennis@loop.com.tw>
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Subject: Re: Debugging a shared library through gdbserver
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:52:54AM +0800, Nai-Hsien wrote:
> > > 
> > > # my shared library is in lib/
> > > (gdb) set solib-absolute-prefix lib
> > 
> > That's not what solib-absolute-prefix is for.  You need to point it at
> > the root of a filesystem image that matches the one running on your
> > target, so that GDB can open <prefix>/lib/ld.so.1 and
> > <prefix>/usr/lib/libfoo.so.  I usually use NFS for this.  If you
> > do that...
> Unfornately, I am using TFTP to download a RAM disk image to my board and
> run it. Is there any other solution for the case?

Set up a similar unpacked image on your host, possibly with more debug
symbols.  But use the same layout.

  <prefix>
  <prefix>/lib
  <prefix>/usr/lib

et cetera.


-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery