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* Gdb: (gdb).                     The GNU debugger.
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   This file documents the GNU debugger GDB.

   This is the Ninth Edition, December 2001, of `Debugging with GDB:
the GNU Source-Level Debugger' for GDB Version 5.2.1.

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File: gdb.info,  Node: Server,  Next: NetWare,  Up: Remote Debugging

Using the `gdbserver' program
=============================

   `gdbserver' is a control program for Unix-like systems, which allows
you to connect your program with a remote GDB via `target remote'--but
without linking in the usual debugging stub.

   `gdbserver' is not a complete replacement for the debugging stubs,
because it requires essentially the same operating-system facilities
that GDB itself does.  In fact, a system that can run `gdbserver' to
connect to a remote GDB could also run GDB locally!  `gdbserver' is
sometimes useful nevertheless, because it is a much smaller program
than GDB itself.  It is also easier to port than all of GDB, so you may
be able to get started more quickly on a new system by using
`gdbserver'.  Finally, if you develop code for real-time systems, you
may find that the tradeoffs involved in real-time operation make it
more convenient to do as much development work as possible on another
system, for example by cross-compiling.  You can use `gdbserver' to
make a similar choice for debugging.

   GDB and `gdbserver' communicate via either a serial line or a TCP
connection, using the standard GDB remote serial protocol.

_On the target machine,_
     you need to have a copy of the program you want to debug.
     `gdbserver' does not need your program's symbol table, so you can
     strip the program if necessary to save space.  GDB on the host
     system does all the symbol handling.

     To use the server, you must tell it how to communicate with GDB;
     the name of your program; and the arguments for your program.  The
     usual syntax is:

          target> gdbserver COMM PROGRAM [ ARGS ... ]

     COMM is either a device name (to use a serial line) or a TCP
     hostname and portnumber.  For example, to debug Emacs with the
     argument `foo.txt' and communicate with GDB over the serial port
     `/dev/com1':

          target> gdbserver /dev/com1 emacs foo.txt

     `gdbserver' waits passively for the host GDB to communicate with
     it.

     To use a TCP connection instead of a serial line:

          target> gdbserver host:2345 emacs foo.txt

     The only difference from the previous example is the first
     argument, specifying that you are communicating with the host GDB
     via TCP.  The `host:2345' argument means that `gdbserver' is to
     expect a TCP connection from machine `host' to local TCP port 2345.
     (Currently, the `host' part is ignored.)  You can choose any number
     you want for the port number as long as it does not conflict with
     any TCP ports already in use on the target system (for example,
     `23' is reserved for `telnet').(1)  You must use the same port
     number with the host GDB `target remote' command.

     On some targets, `gdbserver' can also attach to running programs.
     This is accomplished via the `--attach' argument.  The syntax is:

          target> gdbserver COMM --attach PID

     PID is the process ID of a currently running process.  It isn't
     necessary to point `gdbserver' at a binary for the running process.

_On the GDB host machine,_
     you need an unstripped copy of your program, since GDB needs
     symbols and debugging information.  Start up GDB as usual, using
     the name of the local copy of your program as the first argument.
     (You may also need the `--baud' option if the serial line is
     running at anything other than 9600bps.)  After that, use `target
     remote' to establish communications with `gdbserver'.  Its argument
     is either a device name (usually a serial device, like
     `/dev/ttyb'), or a TCP port descriptor in the form `HOST:PORT'.
     For example:

          (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyb

     communicates with the server via serial line `/dev/ttyb', and

          (gdb) target remote the-target:2345

     communicates via a TCP connection to port 2345 on host
     `the-target'.  For TCP connections, you must start up `gdbserver'
     prior to using the `target remote' command.  Otherwise you may get
     an error whose text depends on the host system, but which usually
     looks something like `Connection refused'.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) If you choose a port number that conflicts with another service,
`gdbserver' prints an error message and exits.


File: gdb.info,  Node: NetWare,  Next: remote stub,  Prev: Server,  Up: Remote Debugging

Using the `gdbserve.nlm' program
================================

   `gdbserve.nlm' is a control program for NetWare systems, which
allows you to connect your program with a remote GDB via `target
remote'.

   GDB and `gdbserve.nlm' communicate via a serial line, using the
standard GDB remote serial protocol.

_On the target machine,_
     you need to have a copy of the program you want to debug.
     `gdbserve.nlm' does not need your program's symbol table, so you
     can strip the program if necessary to save space.  GDB on the host
     system does all the symbol handling.

     To use the server, you must tell it how to communicate with GDB;
     the name of your program; and the arguments for your program.  The
     syntax is:

          load gdbserve [ BOARD=BOARD ] [ PORT=PORT ]
                        [ BAUD=BAUD ] PROGRAM [ ARGS ... ]

     BOARD and PORT specify the serial line; BAUD specifies the baud
     rate used by the connection.  PORT and NODE default to 0, BAUD
     defaults to 9600bps.

     For example, to debug Emacs with the argument `foo.txt'and
     communicate with GDB over serial port number 2 or board 1 using a
     19200bps connection:

          load gdbserve BOARD=1 PORT=2 BAUD=19200 emacs foo.txt

_On the GDB host machine,_
     you need an unstripped copy of your program, since GDB needs
     symbols and debugging information.  Start up GDB as usual, using
     the name of the local copy of your program as the first argument.
     (You may also need the `--baud' option if the serial line is
     running at anything other than 9600bps.  After that, use `target
     remote' to establish communications with `gdbserve.nlm'.  Its
     argument is a device name (usually a serial device, like
     `/dev/ttyb').  For example:

          (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyb

     communications with the server via serial line `/dev/ttyb'.


File: gdb.info,  Node: remote stub,  Prev: NetWare,  Up: Remote Debugging

Implementing a remote stub
==========================

   The stub files provided with GDB implement the target side of the
communication protocol, and the GDB side is implemented in the GDB
source file `remote.c'.  Normally, you can simply allow these
subroutines to communicate, and ignore the details.  (If you're
implementing your own stub file, you can still ignore the details: start
with one of the existing stub files.  `sparc-stub.c' is the best
organized, and therefore the easiest to read.)

   To debug a program running on another machine (the debugging
"target" machine), you must first arrange for all the usual
prerequisites for the program to run by itself.  For example, for a C
program, you need:

  1. A startup routine to set up the C runtime environment; these
     usually have a name like `crt0'.  The startup routine may be
     supplied by your hardware supplier, or you may have to write your
     own.

  2. A C subroutine library to support your program's subroutine calls,
     notably managing input and output.

  3. A way of getting your program to the other machine--for example, a
     download program.  These are often supplied by the hardware
     manufacturer, but you may have to write your own from hardware
     documentation.

   The next step is to arrange for your program to use a serial port to
communicate with the machine where GDB is running (the "host" machine).
In general terms, the scheme looks like this:

_On the host,_
     GDB already understands how to use this protocol; when everything
     else is set up, you can simply use the `target remote' command
     (*note Specifying a Debugging Target: Targets.).

_On the target,_
     you must link with your program a few special-purpose subroutines
     that implement the GDB remote serial protocol.  The file
     containing these subroutines is called  a "debugging stub".

     On certain remote targets, you can use an auxiliary program
     `gdbserver' instead of linking a stub into your program.  *Note
     Using the `gdbserver' program: Server, for details.

   The debugging stub is specific to the architecture of the remote
machine; for example, use `sparc-stub.c' to debug programs on SPARC
boards.

   These working remote stubs are distributed with GDB:

`i386-stub.c'
     For Intel 386 and compatible architectures.

`m68k-stub.c'
     For Motorola 680x0 architectures.

`sh-stub.c'
     For Hitachi SH architectures.

`sparc-stub.c'
     For SPARC architectures.

`sparcl-stub.c'
     For Fujitsu SPARCLITE architectures.

   The `README' file in the GDB distribution may list other recently
added stubs.

* Menu:

* Stub Contents::       What the stub can do for you
* Bootstrapping::       What you must do for the stub
* Debug Session::       Putting it all together


File: gdb.info,  Node: Stub Contents,  Next: Bootstrapping,  Up: remote stub

What the stub can do for you
----------------------------

   The debugging stub for your architecture supplies these three
subroutines:

`set_debug_traps'
     This routine arranges for `handle_exception' to run when your
     program stops.  You must call this subroutine explicitly near the
     beginning of your program.

`handle_exception'
     This is the central workhorse, but your program never calls it
     explicitly--the setup code arranges for `handle_exception' to run
     when a trap is triggered.

     `handle_exception' takes control when your program stops during
     execution (for example, on a breakpoint), and mediates
     communications with GDB on the host machine.  This is where the
     communications protocol is implemented; `handle_exception' acts as
     the GDB representative on the target machine.  It begins by
     sending summary information on the state of your program, then
     continues to execute, retrieving and transmitting any information
     GDB needs, until you execute a GDB command that makes your program
     resume; at that point, `handle_exception' returns control to your
     own code on the target machine.

`breakpoint'
     Use this auxiliary subroutine to make your program contain a
     breakpoint.  Depending on the particular situation, this may be
     the only way for GDB to get control.  For instance, if your target
     machine has some sort of interrupt button, you won't need to call
     this; pressing the interrupt button transfers control to
     `handle_exception'--in effect, to GDB.  On some machines, simply
     receiving characters on the serial port may also trigger a trap;
     again, in that situation, you don't need to call `breakpoint' from
     your own program--simply running `target remote' from the host GDB
     session gets control.

     Call `breakpoint' if none of these is true, or if you simply want
     to make certain your program stops at a predetermined point for the
     start of your debugging session.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Bootstrapping,  Next: Debug Session,  Prev: Stub Contents,  Up: remote stub

What you must do for the stub
-----------------------------

   The debugging stubs that come with GDB are set up for a particular
chip architecture, but they have no information about the rest of your
debugging target machine.

   First of all you need to tell the stub how to communicate with the
serial port.

`int getDebugChar()'
     Write this subroutine to read a single character from the serial
     port.  It may be identical to `getchar' for your target system; a
     different name is used to allow you to distinguish the two if you
     wish.

`void putDebugChar(int)'
     Write this subroutine to write a single character to the serial
     port.  It may be identical to `putchar' for your target system; a
     different name is used to allow you to distinguish the two if you
     wish.

   If you want GDB to be able to stop your program while it is running,
you need to use an interrupt-driven serial driver, and arrange for it
to stop when it receives a `^C' (`\003', the control-C character).
That is the character which GDB uses to tell the remote system to stop.

   Getting the debugging target to return the proper status to GDB
probably requires changes to the standard stub; one quick and dirty way
is to just execute a breakpoint instruction (the "dirty" part is that
GDB reports a `SIGTRAP' instead of a `SIGINT').

   Other routines you need to supply are:

`void exceptionHandler (int EXCEPTION_NUMBER, void *EXCEPTION_ADDRESS)'
     Write this function to install EXCEPTION_ADDRESS in the exception
     handling tables.  You need to do this because the stub does not
     have any way of knowing what the exception handling tables on your
     target system are like (for example, the processor's table might
     be in ROM, containing entries which point to a table in RAM).
     EXCEPTION_NUMBER is the exception number which should be changed;
     its meaning is architecture-dependent (for example, different
     numbers might represent divide by zero, misaligned access, etc).
     When this exception occurs, control should be transferred directly
     to EXCEPTION_ADDRESS, and the processor state (stack, registers,
     and so on) should be just as it is when a processor exception
     occurs.  So if you want to use a jump instruction to reach
     EXCEPTION_ADDRESS, it should be a simple jump, not a jump to
     subroutine.

     For the 386, EXCEPTION_ADDRESS should be installed as an interrupt
     gate so that interrupts are masked while the handler runs.  The
     gate should be at privilege level 0 (the most privileged level).
     The SPARC and 68k stubs are able to mask interrupts themselves
     without help from `exceptionHandler'.

`void flush_i_cache()'
     On SPARC and SPARCLITE only, write this subroutine to flush the
     instruction cache, if any, on your target machine.  If there is no
     instruction cache, this subroutine may be a no-op.

     On target machines that have instruction caches, GDB requires this
     function to make certain that the state of your program is stable.

You must also make sure this library routine is available:

`void *memset(void *, int, int)'
     This is the standard library function `memset' that sets an area of
     memory to a known value.  If you have one of the free versions of
     `libc.a', `memset' can be found there; otherwise, you must either
     obtain it from your hardware manufacturer, or write your own.

   If you do not use the GNU C compiler, you may need other standard
library subroutines as well; this varies from one stub to another, but
in general the stubs are likely to use any of the common library
subroutines which `gcc' generates as inline code.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Debug Session,  Prev: Bootstrapping,  Up: remote stub

Putting it all together
-----------------------

   In summary, when your program is ready to debug, you must follow
these steps.

  1. Make sure you have defined the supporting low-level routines
     (*note What you must do for the stub: Bootstrapping.):
          `getDebugChar', `putDebugChar',
          `flush_i_cache', `memset', `exceptionHandler'.

  2. Insert these lines near the top of your program:

          set_debug_traps();
          breakpoint();

  3. For the 680x0 stub only, you need to provide a variable called
     `exceptionHook'.  Normally you just use:

          void (*exceptionHook)() = 0;

     but if before calling `set_debug_traps', you set it to point to a
     function in your program, that function is called when `GDB'
     continues after stopping on a trap (for example, bus error).  The
     function indicated by `exceptionHook' is called with one
     parameter: an `int' which is the exception number.

  4. Compile and link together: your program, the GDB debugging stub for
     your target architecture, and the supporting subroutines.

  5. Make sure you have a serial connection between your target machine
     and the GDB host, and identify the serial port on the host.

  6. Download your program to your target machine (or get it there by
     whatever means the manufacturer provides), and start it.

  7. To start remote debugging, run GDB on the host machine, and specify
     as an executable file the program that is running in the remote
     machine.  This tells GDB how to find your program's symbols and
     the contents of its pure text.

  8. Establish communication using the `target remote' command.  Its
     argument specifies how to communicate with the target
     machine--either via a devicename attached to a direct serial line,
     or a TCP port (usually to a terminal server which in turn has a
     serial line to the target).  For example, to use a serial line
     connected to the device named `/dev/ttyb':

          target remote /dev/ttyb

     To use a TCP connection, use an argument of the form `HOST:port'.
     For example, to connect to port 2828 on a terminal server named
     `manyfarms':

          target remote manyfarms:2828

     If your remote target is actually running on the same machine as
     your debugger session (e.g. a simulator of your target running on
     the same host), you can omit the hostname.  For example, to connect
     to port 1234 on your local machine:

          target remote :1234

     Note that the colon is still required here.

   Now you can use all the usual commands to examine and change data
and to step and continue the remote program.

   To resume the remote program and stop debugging it, use the `detach'
command.

   Whenever GDB is waiting for the remote program, if you type the
interrupt character (often <C-C>), GDB attempts to stop the program.
This may or may not succeed, depending in part on the hardware and the
serial drivers the remote system uses.  If you type the interrupt
character once again, GDB displays this prompt:

     Interrupted while waiting for the program.
     Give up (and stop debugging it)?  (y or n)

   If you type `y', GDB abandons the remote debugging session.  (If you
decide you want to try again later, you can use `target remote' again
to connect once more.)  If you type `n', GDB goes back to waiting.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Configurations,  Next: Controlling GDB,  Prev: Remote Debugging,  Up: Top

Configuration-Specific Information
**********************************

   While nearly all GDB commands are available for all native and cross
versions of the debugger, there are some exceptions.  This chapter
describes things that are only available in certain configurations.

   There are three major categories of configurations: native
configurations, where the host and target are the same, embedded
operating system configurations, which are usually the same for several
different processor architectures, and bare embedded processors, which
are quite different from each other.

* Menu:

* Native::
* Embedded OS::
* Embedded Processors::
* Architectures::


File: gdb.info,  Node: Native,  Next: Embedded OS,  Up: Configurations

Native
======

   This section describes details specific to particular native
configurations.

* Menu:

* HP-UX::                       HP-UX
* SVR4 Process Information::    SVR4 process information
* DJGPP Native::                Features specific to the DJGPP port
* Cygwin Native::		Features specific to the Cygwin port


File: gdb.info,  Node: HP-UX,  Next: SVR4 Process Information,  Up: Native

HP-UX
-----

   On HP-UX systems, if you refer to a function or variable name that
begins with a dollar sign, GDB searches for a user or system name
first, before it searches for a convenience variable.


File: gdb.info,  Node: SVR4 Process Information,  Next: DJGPP Native,  Prev: HP-UX,  Up: Native

SVR4 process information
------------------------

   Many versions of SVR4 provide a facility called `/proc' that can be
used to examine the image of a running process using file-system
subroutines.  If GDB is configured for an operating system with this
facility, the command `info proc' is available to report on several
kinds of information about the process running your program.  `info
proc' works only on SVR4 systems that include the `procfs' code.  This
includes OSF/1 (Digital Unix), Solaris, Irix, and Unixware, but not
HP-UX or Linux, for example.

`info proc'
     Summarize available information about the process.

`info proc mappings'
     Report on the address ranges accessible in the program, with
     information on whether your program may read, write, or execute
     each range.


File: gdb.info,  Node: DJGPP Native,  Next: Cygwin Native,  Prev: SVR4 Process Information,  Up: Native

Features for Debugging DJGPP Programs
-------------------------------------

   DJGPP is the port of GNU development tools to MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
DJGPP programs are 32-bit protected-mode programs that use the "DPMI"
(DOS Protected-Mode Interface) API to run on top of real-mode DOS
systems and their emulations.

   GDB supports native debugging of DJGPP programs, and defines a few
commands specific to the DJGPP port.  This subsection describes those
commands.

`info dos'
     This is a prefix of DJGPP-specific commands which print
     information about the target system and important OS structures.

`info dos sysinfo'
     This command displays assorted information about the underlying
     platform: the CPU type and features, the OS version and flavor, the
     DPMI version, and the available conventional and DPMI memory.

`info dos gdt'
`info dos ldt'
`info dos idt'
     These 3 commands display entries from, respectively, Global, Local,
     and Interrupt Descriptor Tables (GDT, LDT, and IDT).  The
     descriptor tables are data structures which store a descriptor for
     each segment that is currently in use.  The segment's selector is
     an index into a descriptor table; the table entry for that index
     holds the descriptor's base address and limit, and its attributes
     and access rights.

     A typical DJGPP program uses 3 segments: a code segment, a data
     segment (used for both data and the stack), and a DOS segment
     (which allows access to DOS/BIOS data structures and absolute
     addresses in conventional memory).  However, the DPMI host will
     usually define additional segments in order to support the DPMI
     environment.

     These commands allow to display entries from the descriptor tables.
     Without an argument, all entries from the specified table are
     displayed.  An argument, which should be an integer expression,
     means display a single entry whose index is given by the argument.
     For example, here's a convenient way to display information about
     the debugged program's data segment:

     `(gdb) info dos ldt $ds'
     `0x13f: base=0x11970000 limit=0x0009ffff 32-Bit Data (Read/Write, Exp-up)'

     This comes in handy when you want to see whether a pointer is
     outside the data segment's limit (i.e. "garbled").

`info dos pde'
`info dos pte'
     These two commands display entries from, respectively, the Page
     Directory and the Page Tables.  Page Directories and Page Tables
     are data structures which control how virtual memory addresses are
     mapped into physical addresses.  A Page Table includes an entry
     for every page of memory that is mapped into the program's address
     space; there may be several Page Tables, each one holding up to
     4096 entries.  A Page Directory has up to 4096 entries, one each
     for every Page Table that is currently in use.

     Without an argument, `info dos pde' displays the entire Page
     Directory, and `info dos pte' displays all the entries in all of
     the Page Tables.  An argument, an integer expression, given to the
     `info dos pde' command means display only that entry from the Page
     Directory table.  An argument given to the `info dos pte' command
     means display entries from a single Page Table, the one pointed to
     by the specified entry in the Page Directory.

     These commands are useful when your program uses "DMA" (Direct
     Memory Access), which needs physical addresses to program the DMA
     controller.

     These commands are supported only with some DPMI servers.

`info dos address-pte ADDR'
     This command displays the Page Table entry for a specified linear
     address.  The argument linear address ADDR should already have the
     appropriate segment's base address added to it, because this
     command accepts addresses which may belong to _any_ segment.  For
     example, here's how to display the Page Table entry for the page
     where the variable `i' is stored:

     `(gdb) info dos address-pte __djgpp_base_address + (char *)&i'
     `Page Table entry for address 0x11a00d30:'
     `Base=0x02698000 Dirty Acc. Not-Cached Write-Back Usr Read-Write +0xd30'

     This says that `i' is stored at offset `0xd30' from the page whose
     physical base address is `0x02698000', and prints all the
     attributes of that page.

     Note that you must cast the addresses of variables to a `char *',
     since otherwise the value of `__djgpp_base_address', the base
     address of all variables and functions in a DJGPP program, will be
     added using the rules of C pointer arithmetics: if `i' is declared
     an `int', GDB will add 4 times the value of `__djgpp_base_address'
     to the address of `i'.

     Here's another example, it displays the Page Table entry for the
     transfer buffer:

     `(gdb) info dos address-pte *((unsigned *)&_go32_info_block + 3)'
     `Page Table entry for address 0x29110:'
     `Base=0x00029000 Dirty Acc. Not-Cached Write-Back Usr Read-Write +0x110'

     (The `+ 3' offset is because the transfer buffer's address is the
     3rd member of the `_go32_info_block' structure.)  The output of
     this command clearly shows that addresses in conventional memory
     are mapped 1:1, i.e. the physical and linear addresses are
     identical.

     This command is supported only with some DPMI servers.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Cygwin Native,  Prev: DJGPP Native,  Up: Native

Features for Debugging MS Windows PE executables
------------------------------------------------

   GDB supports native debugging of MS Windows programs, and defines a
few commands specific to the Cygwin port.  This subsection describes
those commands.

`info w32'
     This is a prefix of MS Windows specific commands which print
     information about the target system and important OS structures.

`info w32 selector'
     This command displays information returned by the Win32 API
     `GetThreadSelectorEntry' function.  It takes an optional argument
     that is evaluated to a long value to give the information about
     this given selector.  Without argument, this command displays
     information about the the six segment registers.

`info dll'
     This is a Cygwin specific alias of info shared.

`dll-symbols'
     This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to add-sym command
     but without the need to specify a base address.

`set new-console MODE'
     If MODE is `on' the debuggee will be started in a new console on
     next start.  If MODE is `off'i, the debuggee will be started in
     the same console as the debugger.

`show new-console'
     Displays whether a new console is used when the debuggee is
     started.

`set new-group MODE'
     This boolean value controls whether the debuggee should start a
     new group or stay in the same group as the debugger.  This affects
     the way the Windows OS handles Ctrl-C.

`show new-group'
     Displays current value of new-group boolean.

`set debugevents'
     This boolean value adds debug output concerning events seen by the
     debugger.

`set debugexec'
     This boolean value adds debug output concerning execute events
     seen by the debugger.

`set debugexceptions'
     This boolean value adds debug ouptut concerning exception events
     seen by the debugger.

`set debugmemory'
     This boolean value adds debug ouptut concerning memory events seen
     by the debugger.

`set shell'
     This boolean values specifies whether the debuggee is called via a
     shell or directly (default value is on).

`show shell'
     Displays if the debuggee will be started with a shell.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Embedded OS,  Next: Embedded Processors,  Prev: Native,  Up: Configurations

Embedded Operating Systems
==========================

   This section describes configurations involving the debugging of
embedded operating systems that are available for several different
architectures.

* Menu:

* VxWorks::                     Using GDB with VxWorks

   GDB includes the ability to debug programs running on various
real-time operating systems.


File: gdb.info,  Node: VxWorks,  Up: Embedded OS

Using GDB with VxWorks
----------------------

`target vxworks MACHINENAME'
     A VxWorks system, attached via TCP/IP.  The argument MACHINENAME
     is the target system's machine name or IP address.

   On VxWorks, `load' links FILENAME dynamically on the current target
system as well as adding its symbols in GDB.

   GDB enables developers to spawn and debug tasks running on networked
VxWorks targets from a Unix host.  Already-running tasks spawned from
the VxWorks shell can also be debugged.  GDB uses code that runs on
both the Unix host and on the VxWorks target.  The program `gdb' is
installed and executed on the Unix host.  (It may be installed with the
name `vxgdb', to distinguish it from a GDB for debugging programs on
the host itself.)

`VxWorks-timeout ARGS'
     All VxWorks-based targets now support the option `vxworks-timeout'.
     This option is set by the user, and  ARGS represents the number of
     seconds GDB waits for responses to rpc's.  You might use this if
     your VxWorks target is a slow software simulator or is on the far
     side of a thin network line.

   The following information on connecting to VxWorks was current when
this manual was produced; newer releases of VxWorks may use revised
procedures.

   To use GDB with VxWorks, you must rebuild your VxWorks kernel to
include the remote debugging interface routines in the VxWorks library
`rdb.a'.  To do this, define `INCLUDE_RDB' in the VxWorks configuration
file `configAll.h' and rebuild your VxWorks kernel.  The resulting
kernel contains `rdb.a', and spawns the source debugging task
`tRdbTask' when VxWorks is booted.  For more information on configuring
and remaking VxWorks, see the manufacturer's manual.

   Once you have included `rdb.a' in your VxWorks system image and set
your Unix execution search path to find GDB, you are ready to run GDB.
From your Unix host, run `gdb' (or `vxgdb', depending on your
installation).

   GDB comes up showing the prompt:

     (vxgdb)

* Menu:

* VxWorks Connection::          Connecting to VxWorks
* VxWorks Download::            VxWorks download
* VxWorks Attach::              Running tasks


File: gdb.info,  Node: VxWorks Connection,  Next: VxWorks Download,  Up: VxWorks

Connecting to VxWorks
.....................

   The GDB command `target' lets you connect to a VxWorks target on the
network.  To connect to a target whose host name is "`tt'", type:

     (vxgdb) target vxworks tt

   GDB displays messages like these:

     Attaching remote machine across net...
     Connected to tt.

   GDB then attempts to read the symbol tables of any object modules
loaded into the VxWorks target since it was last booted.  GDB locates
these files by searching the directories listed in the command search
path (*note Your program's environment: Environment.); if it fails to
find an object file, it displays a message such as:

     prog.o: No such file or directory.

   When this happens, add the appropriate directory to the search path
with the GDB command `path', and execute the `target' command again.


File: gdb.info,  Node: VxWorks Download,  Next: VxWorks Attach,  Prev: VxWorks Connection,  Up: VxWorks

VxWorks download
................

   If you have connected to the VxWorks target and you want to debug an
object that has not yet been loaded, you can use the GDB `load' command
to download a file from Unix to VxWorks incrementally.  The object file
given as an argument to the `load' command is actually opened twice:
first by the VxWorks target in order to download the code, then by GDB
in order to read the symbol table.  This can lead to problems if the
current working directories on the two systems differ.  If both systems
have NFS mounted the same filesystems, you can avoid these problems by
using absolute paths.  Otherwise, it is simplest to set the working
directory on both systems to the directory in which the object file
resides, and then to reference the file by its name, without any path.
For instance, a program `prog.o' may reside in `VXPATH/vw/demo/rdb' in
VxWorks and in `HOSTPATH/vw/demo/rdb' on the host.  To load this
program, type this on VxWorks:

     -> cd "VXPATH/vw/demo/rdb"

Then, in GDB, type:

     (vxgdb) cd HOSTPATH/vw/demo/rdb
     (vxgdb) load prog.o

   GDB displays a response similar to this:

     Reading symbol data from wherever/vw/demo/rdb/prog.o... done.

   You can also use the `load' command to reload an object module after
editing and recompiling the corresponding source file.  Note that this
makes GDB delete all currently-defined breakpoints, auto-displays, and
convenience variables, and to clear the value history.  (This is
necessary in order to preserve the integrity of debugger's data
structures that reference the target system's symbol table.)


File: gdb.info,  Node: VxWorks Attach,  Prev: VxWorks Download,  Up: VxWorks

Running tasks
.............

   You can also attach to an existing task using the `attach' command as
follows:

     (vxgdb) attach TASK

where TASK is the VxWorks hexadecimal task ID.  The task can be running
or suspended when you attach to it.  Running tasks are suspended at the
time of attachment.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Embedded Processors,  Next: Architectures,  Prev: Embedded OS,  Up: Configurations

Embedded Processors
===================

   This section goes into details specific to particular embedded
configurations.

* Menu:

* ARM::                         ARM
* H8/300::                      Hitachi H8/300
* H8/500::                      Hitachi H8/500
* i960::                        Intel i960
* M32R/D::                      Mitsubishi M32R/D
* M68K::                        Motorola M68K
* M88K::                        Motorola M88K
* MIPS Embedded::               MIPS Embedded
* PA::                          HP PA Embedded
* PowerPC:                      PowerPC
* SH::                          Hitachi SH
* Sparclet::                    Tsqware Sparclet
* Sparclite::                   Fujitsu Sparclite
* ST2000::                      Tandem ST2000
* Z8000::                       Zilog Z8000


File: gdb.info,  Node: ARM,  Next: H8/300,  Up: Embedded Processors

ARM
---

`target rdi DEV'
     ARM Angel monitor, via RDI library interface to ADP protocol.  You
     may use this target to communicate with both boards running the
     Angel monitor, or with the EmbeddedICE JTAG debug device.

`target rdp DEV'
     ARM Demon monitor.


File: gdb.info,  Node: H8/300,  Next: H8/500,  Prev: ARM,  Up: Embedded Processors

Hitachi H8/300
--------------

`target hms DEV'
     A Hitachi SH, H8/300, or H8/500 board, attached via serial line to
     your host.  Use special commands `device' and `speed' to control
     the serial line and the communications speed used.

`target e7000 DEV'
     E7000 emulator for Hitachi H8 and SH.

`target sh3 DEV'
`target sh3e DEV'
     Hitachi SH-3 and SH-3E target systems.

   When you select remote debugging to a Hitachi SH, H8/300, or H8/500
board, the `load' command downloads your program to the Hitachi board
and also opens it as the current executable target for GDB on your host
(like the `file' command).

   GDB needs to know these things to talk to your Hitachi SH, H8/300,
or H8/500:

  1. that you want to use `target hms', the remote debugging interface
     for Hitachi microprocessors, or `target e7000', the in-circuit
     emulator for the Hitachi SH and the Hitachi 300H.  (`target hms' is
     the default when GDB is configured specifically for the Hitachi SH,
     H8/300, or H8/500.)

  2. what serial device connects your host to your Hitachi board (the
     first serial device available on your host is the default).

  3. what speed to use over the serial device.

* Menu:

* Hitachi Boards::      Connecting to Hitachi boards.
* Hitachi ICE::         Using the E7000 In-Circuit Emulator.
* Hitachi Special::     Special GDB commands for Hitachi micros.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Hitachi Boards,  Next: Hitachi ICE,  Up: H8/300

Connecting to Hitachi boards
............................

   Use the special `GDB' command `device PORT' if you need to
explicitly set the serial device.  The default PORT is the first
available port on your host.  This is only necessary on Unix hosts,
where it is typically something like `/dev/ttya'.

   `GDB' has another special command to set the communications speed:
`speed BPS'.  This command also is only used from Unix hosts; on DOS
hosts, set the line speed as usual from outside GDB with the DOS `mode'
command (for instance, `mode com2:9600,n,8,1,p' for a 9600bps
connection).

   The `device' and `speed' commands are available only when you use a
Unix host to debug your Hitachi microprocessor programs.  If you use a
DOS host, GDB depends on an auxiliary terminate-and-stay-resident
program called `asynctsr' to communicate with the development board
through a PC serial port.  You must also use the DOS `mode' command to
set up the serial port on the DOS side.

   The following sample session illustrates the steps needed to start a
program under GDB control on an H8/300.  The example uses a sample
H8/300 program called `t.x'.  The procedure is the same for the Hitachi
SH and the H8/500.

   First hook up your development board.  In this example, we use a
board attached to serial port `COM2'; if you use a different serial
port, substitute its name in the argument of the `mode' command.  When
you call `asynctsr', the auxiliary comms program used by the debugger,
you give it just the numeric part of the serial port's name; for
example, `asyncstr 2' below runs `asyncstr' on `COM2'.

     C:\H8300\TEST> asynctsr 2
     C:\H8300\TEST> mode com2:9600,n,8,1,p
     
     Resident portion of MODE loaded
     
     COM2: 9600, n, 8, 1, p

     _Warning:_ We have noticed a bug in PC-NFS that conflicts with
     `asynctsr'.  If you also run PC-NFS on your DOS host, you may need
     to disable it, or even boot without it, to use `asynctsr' to
     control your development board.

   Now that serial communications are set up, and the development board
is connected, you can start up GDB.  Call `gdb' with the name of your
program as the argument.  `GDB' prompts you, as usual, with the prompt
`(gdb)'.  Use two special commands to begin your debugging session:
`target hms' to specify cross-debugging to the Hitachi board, and the
`load' command to download your program to the board.  `load' displays
the names of the program's sections, and a `*' for each 2K of data
downloaded.  (If you want to refresh GDB data on symbols or on the
executable file without downloading, use the GDB commands `file' or
`symbol-file'.  These commands, and `load' itself, are described in
*Note Commands to specify files: Files.)

     (eg-C:\H8300\TEST) gdb t.x
     GDB is free software and you are welcome to 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.
     GDB 5.2.1, Copyright 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
     (gdb) target hms
     Connected to remote H8/300 HMS system.
     (gdb) load t.x
     .text   : 0x8000 .. 0xabde ***********
     .data   : 0xabde .. 0xad30 *
     .stack  : 0xf000 .. 0xf014 *

   At this point, you're ready to run or debug your program.  From here
on, you can use all the usual GDB commands.  The `break' command sets
breakpoints; the `run' command starts your program; `print' or `x'
display data; the `continue' command resumes execution after stopping
at a breakpoint.  You can use the `help' command at any time to find
out more about GDB commands.

   Remember, however, that _operating system_ facilities aren't
available on your development board; for example, if your program hangs,
you can't send an interrupt--but you can press the RESET switch!

   Use the RESET button on the development board
   * to interrupt your program (don't use `ctl-C' on the DOS host--it
     has no way to pass an interrupt signal to the development board);
     and

   * to return to the GDB command prompt after your program finishes
     normally.  The communications protocol provides no other way for
     GDB to detect program completion.

   In either case, GDB sees the effect of a RESET on the development
board as a "normal exit" of your program.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Hitachi ICE,  Next: Hitachi Special,  Prev: Hitachi Boards,  Up: H8/300

Using the E7000 in-circuit emulator
...................................

   You can use the E7000 in-circuit emulator to develop code for either
the Hitachi SH or the H8/300H.  Use one of these forms of the `target
e7000' command to connect GDB to your E7000:

`target e7000 PORT SPEED'
     Use this form if your E7000 is connected to a serial port.  The
     PORT argument identifies what serial port to use (for example,
     `com2').  The third argument is the line speed in bits per second
     (for example, `9600').

`target e7000 HOSTNAME'
     If your E7000 is installed as a host on a TCP/IP network, you can
     just specify its hostname; GDB uses `telnet' to connect.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Hitachi Special,  Prev: Hitachi ICE,  Up: H8/300

Special GDB commands for Hitachi micros
.......................................

   Some GDB commands are available only for the H8/300:

`set machine h8300'
`set machine h8300h'
     Condition GDB for one of the two variants of the H8/300
     architecture with `set machine'.  You can use `show machine' to
     check which variant is currently in effect.


File: gdb.info,  Node: H8/500,  Next: i960,  Prev: H8/300,  Up: Embedded Processors

H8/500
------

`set memory MOD'
`show memory'
     Specify which H8/500 memory model (MOD) you are using with `set
     memory'; check which memory model is in effect with `show memory'.
     The accepted values for MOD are `small', `big', `medium', and
     `compact'.


File: gdb.info,  Node: i960,  Next: M32R/D,  Prev: H8/500,  Up: Embedded Processors

Intel i960
----------

`target mon960 DEV'
     MON960 monitor for Intel i960.

`target nindy DEVICENAME'
     An Intel 960 board controlled by a Nindy Monitor.  DEVICENAME is
     the name of the serial device to use for the connection, e.g.
     `/dev/ttya'.

   "Nindy" is a ROM Monitor program for Intel 960 target systems.  When
GDB is configured to control a remote Intel 960 using Nindy, you can
tell GDB how to connect to the 960 in several ways:

   * Through command line options specifying serial port, version of the
     Nindy protocol, and communications speed;

   * By responding to a prompt on startup;

   * By using the `target' command at any point during your GDB
     session.  *Note Commands for managing targets: Target Commands.


   With the Nindy interface to an Intel 960 board, `load' downloads
FILENAME to the 960 as well as adding its symbols in GDB.

* Menu:

* Nindy Startup::               Startup with Nindy
* Nindy Options::               Options for Nindy
* Nindy Reset::                 Nindy reset command


File: gdb.info,  Node: Nindy Startup,  Next: Nindy Options,  Up: i960

Startup with Nindy
..................

   If you simply start `gdb' without using any command-line options,
you are prompted for what serial port to use, _before_ you reach the
ordinary GDB prompt:

     Attach /dev/ttyNN -- specify NN, or "quit" to quit:

Respond to the prompt with whatever suffix (after `/dev/tty')
identifies the serial port you want to use.  You can, if you choose,
simply start up with no Nindy connection by responding to the prompt
with an empty line.  If you do this and later wish to attach to Nindy,
use `target' (*note Commands for managing targets: Target Commands.).


File: gdb.info,  Node: Nindy Options,  Next: Nindy Reset,  Prev: Nindy Startup,  Up: i960

Options for Nindy
.................

   These are the startup options for beginning your GDB session with a
Nindy-960 board attached:

`-r PORT'
     Specify the serial port name of a serial interface to be used to
     connect to the target system.  This option is only available when
     GDB is configured for the Intel 960 target architecture.  You may
     specify PORT as any of: a full pathname (e.g. `-r /dev/ttya'), a
     device name in `/dev' (e.g. `-r ttya'), or simply the unique
     suffix for a specific `tty' (e.g. `-r a').

`-O'
     (An uppercase letter "O", not a zero.)  Specify that GDB should use
     the "old" Nindy monitor protocol to connect to the target system.
     This option is only available when GDB is configured for the Intel
     960 target architecture.

          _Warning:_ if you specify `-O', but are actually trying to
          connect to a target system that expects the newer protocol,
          the connection fails, appearing to be a speed mismatch.  GDB
          repeatedly attempts to reconnect at several different line
          speeds.  You can abort this process with an interrupt.

`-brk'
     Specify that GDB should first send a `BREAK' signal to the target
     system, in an attempt to reset it, before connecting to a Nindy
     target.

          _Warning:_ Many target systems do not have the hardware that
          this requires; it only works with a few boards.

   The standard `-b' option controls the line speed used on the serial
port.


File: gdb.info,  Node: Nindy Reset,  Prev: Nindy Options,  Up: i960

Nindy reset command
...................

`reset'
     For a Nindy target, this command sends a "break" to the remote
     target system; this is only useful if the target has been equipped
     with a circuit to perform a hard reset (or some other interesting
     action) when a break is detected.


File: gdb.info,  Node: M32R/D,  Next: M68K,  Prev: i960,  Up: Embedded Processors

Mitsubishi M32R/D
-----------------

`target m32r DEV'
     Mitsubishi M32R/D ROM monitor.


File: gdb.info,  Node: M68K,  Next: M88K,  Prev: M32R/D,  Up: Embedded Processors

M68k
----

   The Motorola m68k configuration includes ColdFire support, and
target command for the following ROM monitors.

`target abug DEV'
     ABug ROM monitor for M68K.

`target cpu32bug DEV'
     CPU32BUG monitor, running on a CPU32 (M68K) board.

`target dbug DEV'
     dBUG ROM monitor for Motorola ColdFire.

`target est DEV'
     EST-300 ICE monitor, running on a CPU32 (M68K) board.

`target rom68k DEV'
     ROM 68K monitor, running on an M68K IDP board.

   If GDB is configured with `m68*-ericsson-*', it will instead have
only a single special target command:

`target es1800 DEV'
     ES-1800 emulator for M68K.

   [context?]

`target rombug DEV'
     ROMBUG ROM monitor for OS/9000.


File: gdb.info,  Node: M88K,  Next: MIPS Embedded,  Prev: M68K,  Up: Embedded Processors

M88K
----

`target bug DEV'
     BUG monitor, running on a MVME187 (m88k) board.

