GBD help: target remote => only talking about serial communication

GBD help: target remote => only talking about serial communication

[Geert Vancompernolle]

Hi,

I'm using Redhat's Insight since a bit more than a week now to debug my 
applications (used DDD before).  Now I would like to start up the 
gdbserver on the target the moment I give the RUN command on the 
debugger (Insight).

So, I used the Insight console to get all possible GBD commands.  "help 
running" unveils me a lot of target commands, even "target remote", but 
all are talking about serial communication from the host to the target.

My target, however, is connected via TCP, but I can't find any help 
related subject about this in GDB.

What I would like to know, is the command that has to be send on the 
command line to activate gdbserver on the target.  Is that anyhow possible?

Best rgds,

--Geert

Re: GBD help: target remote => only talking about serial communication

[Bernhard Walle]

* Geert Vancompernolle <geert.vancompernolle@gmail.com> [2007-08-25 10:58]:
> My target, however, is connected via TCP, but I can't find any help related 
> subject about this in GDB.

$ {p,tk,}info gdb
=> 17.2 Using the `gdbserver' program

,---
|    To use a TCP connection instead of a serial line:
|
|         target> gdbserver host:2345 emacs foo.txt
`---

Thanks,
   Bernhard

RE: GBD help: target remote => only talking about serial communication

[Spen]

> What I would like to know, is the command that has to be send 
> on the command line to activate gdbserver on the target.  Is 
> that anyhow possible?

How do you start your gdbserver at the moment?
You could run a script using the gdb shell command

Cheers
Spen

Re: GBD help: target remote => only talking about serial communication

[Geert Vancompernolle]

Spen wrote:
>> What I would like to know, is the command that has to be send 
>> on the command line to activate gdbserver on the target.  Is 
>> that anyhow possible?
>>     
>
> How do you start your gdbserver at the moment?
> You could run a script using the gdb shell command
>
> Cheers
> Spen
>
>
>   

I'm starting the gdbserver on the target with the following command:

gdbserver :2345 ./<name_of_exec>


-- 
Best rgds,

--Geert