Re: mips64 gdb problem

[Maxim Osipov <maxim.osipov@gmail.com>]

Is there known solution for it? Couldn't find any on google.
Maxim

On 6/24/05, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 05:42:25PM +0400, Maxim Osipov wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a problem trying to debug 64-bit mips binary with gdb-6.3. It
> > fails with the following message:
> >
> > /home # gdb 64test
> > GNU gdb 6.3
> > Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
> > Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
> > This GDB was configured as "mips64-linux-gnu"...
> > ../../gdb-6.3/gdb/dwarf2-frame.c:1411: internal-error:
> > decode_frame_entry_1: Assertion `fde->cie != NULL' failed.
> > A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
> > further debugging may prove unreliable.
> > Quit this debugging session? (y or n)
> 
> GCC generates a wacky 64-bit format, otherwise only used on IRIX.  I
> think this is a bug in GCC.  GDB could be adapted to generally sort of
> cope with it, but not completely - there's some ambiguity.
> 
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> Daniel Jacobowitz
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