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diff --git a/gdbserver/README b/gdbserver/README index 17d435c..5b47510 100644 --- a/gdbserver/README +++ b/gdbserver/README @@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ Introduction: This is GDBserver, a remote server for Un*x-like systems. It can be used to control the execution of a program on a target system from a GDB on a different -host. GDB and GDBserver communicate using the standard remote serial protocol -implemented in remote.c, and various *-stub.c files. They communicate via -either a serial line or a TCP connection. +host. GDB and GDBserver communicate using the standard remote serial protocol. +They communicate via either a serial line or a TCP connection. -For more information about GDBserver, see the GDB manual. +For more information about GDBserver, see the GDB manual: + + https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Remote-Protocol.html Usage (server (target) side): @@ -38,13 +39,13 @@ To use a TCP connection, you could say: This says pretty much the same thing as the last example, except that we are going to communicate with the host GDB via TCP. The `host:2345' argument means -that we are expecting to see a TCP connection from `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 existing TCP -ports on the target system. This same port number must be used in the host -GDBs `target remote' command, which will be described shortly. Note that if -you chose a port number that conflicts with another service, GDBserver will -print an error message and exit. +that we are expecting to see a TCP connection 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 existing TCP ports on +the target system. This same port number must be used in the host GDB's +`target remote' command, which will be described shortly. Note that if you chose +a port number that conflicts with another service, GDBserver will print an error +message and exit. On some targets, GDBserver can also attach to running programs. This is accomplished via the --attach argument. The syntax is: @@ -79,26 +80,8 @@ command, otherwise you may get an error that looks something like Building GDBserver: -The supported targets as of November 2006 are: - arm-*-linux* - bfin-*-uclinux - bfin-*-linux-uclibc - crisv32-*-linux* - cris-*-linux* - i[34567]86-*-cygwin* - i[34567]86-*-linux* - i[34567]86-*-mingw* - ia64-*-linux* - m32r*-*-linux* - m68*-*-linux* - m68*-*-uclinux* - mips*64*-*-linux* - mips*-*-linux* - powerpc[64]-*-linux* - s390[x]-*-linux* - sh-*-linux* - spu*-*-* - x86_64-*-linux* +See the `configure.srv` file for the list of host triplets you can build +GDBserver for. Building GDBserver for your host is very straightforward. If you build GDB natively on a host which GDBserver supports, it will be built @@ -114,11 +97,11 @@ disable other directories when configuring, e.g., binutils, gas, gold, gprof, and ld.) If you prefer to cross-compile to your target, then you can also build -GDBserver that way. In a Bourne shell, for example: +GDBserver that way. For example: % export CC=your-cross-compiler - % path-to-topevel-sources/configure your-target-name --disable-gdb - % make + % path-to-topevel-sources/configure --disable-gdb + % make all-gdbserver Using GDBreplay: |