From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18007 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2009 18:50:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 17997 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Dec 2009 18:50:28 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com) (65.115.85.69) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:50:23 +0000 Received: from jupiter.vmware.com (mailhost5.vmware.com [10.16.68.131]) by smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340C613CED; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.20.94.141] (msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com [10.20.94.141]) by jupiter.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29FA3DC05E; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B229428.7020400@vmware.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:50:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20090624) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: paawan oza CC: Hui Zhu , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: porting reversible on arm/mips References: <816087.35180.qm@web112515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B218B30.4010501@vmware.com> <119734.20965.qm@web112506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4B21B85F.1030502@vmware.com> <205443.37500.qm@web112520.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <205443.37500.qm@web112520.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00076.txt.bz2 paawan oza wrote: > I am not sure whether I got the term 'arm simulator built in gdb" > can you give some more pointers ? If you configure gdb as "arm-elf", gdb will build with its own linked-in arm simulator which you can use by means of the gdb command "target simulator". > If I understand correctly, > > there is no need for simulators, > compile gdb with some options, on x86, that will simulate arm gdb with some basic arm environment! > and I can try to finish architecture part first. That is correct. You can build arm-elf-gdb on x86 host. You will probably want to build arm-elf-gcc and asm and linker, so that you can compile test programs to simulate. > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Michael Snyder > To: paawan oza > Cc: Hui Zhu ; "gdb@sourceware.org" > Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 8:41:27 AM > Subject: Re: porting reversible on arm/mips > > paawan oza wrote: >> My target may be arm/mips. >> but some of the common hurdles are following. >> >> 1) getting virtual machine which has capability gives me arm processor >> >> 2) getting the arm linux ISO. >> Can somebody give me some pointers regarding above ? > > There's a nice separation in prec between architecture and > OS/ABI. You could begin with the arm simulator that comes > built-in to gdb, and do the architecture part before > tackling the Linux ABI part. > > >