Re: GDB paper accepted for GCC summit

Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-03-30T01:36:11Z

On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:26:53AM +0800, Randolph Chung wrote:
> This is my understanding:
> multi-arch is a generalized form of biarch, the idea being that one gdb
> binary can debug multiple targets. The most common form of this is a gdb
> that can debug 32-bit and 64-bit binaries on the same machine, but
> presumably one could build a gdb that can debug e.g. x86 targets
> natively, and at the same time an embedded arm target. I don't know if
> we are quite there yet though. Most of this work involves encapsulating
> target specific operations into vectors that can be changed at runtime,
> instead of having link-time bindings of those operations.

Yes. We're very close; if someone wanted to make this work, they
probably could. IIRC it once worked for a couple of embedded targets.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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