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Question -- is gdbserver "multi-arch" to the extent that a 32-bit
gdbserver (built with target = i386) can debug a 64-bit app?

I ask because linux-x86-low.c is full of ifdefs on the architecture.
It looks like most of the 64-bit code won't be compiled if the
build machine is 32-bit.