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| author | Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com> | 1996-01-24 21:30:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com> | 1996-01-24 21:30:37 +0000 |
| commit | e8f1ad9a8b8548dbc79c01b3df218ff2a97f1c05 (patch) | |
| tree | db230c832d5d2ec58b5e123a58512b7d56bf0d1a /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | 76e45938c3dbf2a25eb273bfcd3aa4961585dd5e (diff) | |
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* NEWS: Make note of new record and replay feature for
remote debug sessions.
* serial.c (gdbcmd.h): Include.
(serial_logfile, serial_logfp, serial_reading, serial_writing):
Define here, for remote debug session logging.
(serial_log_command, serial_logchar, serial_write, serial_readchar):
New functions for remote debug session logging.
(serial_open): Open remote debug session log file when needed.
(serial_close): Close remote debug session log file when needed.
(_initialize_serial): Add set/show commands for name of remote
debug session log file.
* serial.h (serial_readchar): Declare
(SERIAL_READCHAR): Call serial_readchar().
(SERIAL_WRITE): Call serial_write().
(serial_close): Declare as extern.
(serial_logfile, serial_logfp): Declare.
* top.c (execute_command): Declare serial_logfp. Log user command
in remote debug session log if log file is open.
* remote-array.c (array_wait): #ifdef out echo to gdb_stdout.
(array_read_inferior_memory): Rewrite to fix memory overwrite bug.
* remote-array.c (SREC_SIZE): Remove, duplicates define in
monitor.h.
* remote-array.c (hexchars, hex2mem): Remove, unused.
* gdbserver/low-linux.c (store_inferior_registers): Remove
unnecessary extern declaration of registers[].
* gdbserver/Makefile.in (all): Add gdbreplay.
* gdbserver/gdbreplay.c: New file.
* gdbserver/README: Give example of recording a remote
debug session with gdb and then replaying it with gdbreplay.
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@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ Note this feature does not work on hpux8. On hpux9 you must link /usr/lib/end.o into your program. This feature should work automatically on hpux10. +* Recording and replaying remote debug sessions + +If you set "remotelogfile" gdb will use that filename to make a +"recording" of a remote debug session which can be replayed back to +gdb using "gdbreplay". See gdbserver/README for details. This is +useful when you have a problem with gdb while doing remote debugging. +By making a recording of the session and sending it to the gdb +maintainers, it is possible to recreate your problem without access to +the remote hardware you are using. + *** Changes in GDB-4.15: * Psymtabs for XCOFF |