From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: "John Hein" <jhein-gdbml@snkmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: cross gdb for arm-freebsd
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hb2n1w9f.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31555-1320078547-391519@sneakemail.com> (John Hein's message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:29:04 -0600")
>>>>> "John" == John Hein <jhein-gdbml@snkmail.com> writes:
John> The gdb in the base FreeBSD is quite old (6.1.1) and I'm having
John> trouble debugging a core file from a threaded application. A newer
John> gdb (7.2 and 7.3.1) are in FreeBSD's ports system, but getting it to
John> build for --target=arm-freebsd and read core files is proving
John> difficult - I could use a few hints.
John> --- orig/armfbsd-tdep.c 2007-11-18 10:07:47.000000000 -0700
John> +++ armfbsd-tdep.c 2011-10-31 10:14:58.000000000 -0600
This file isn't in gdb. I guess it is a FreeBSD addition.
John> It compiles, but I'm getting this when I try to debug a core file:
[...]
John> warning: "/tmp/core1.core": no core file handler recognizes format, using default
I think this is probably the root of your problems. I suggest debugging
gdb and stepping through sniff_core_bfd. I don't know this area well
but I think this function should find the core file reader for your
target.
Tom
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-31 17:16 John Hein
2011-11-01 19:24 ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2011-11-01 19:57 ` John Hein
2011-11-01 20:23 ` Tom Tromey
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