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author | Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus> | 1991-05-23 00:14:26 +0000 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.tgts-m4 b/gdb/doc/gdb.tgts-m4 new file mode 100755 index 0000000..d8162c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.tgts-m4 @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +_dnl__ -*- Texinfo -*- +_dnl__ Copyright (c) 1988 1989 1990 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +_dnl__ This file is part of the source for the GDB manual. +_dnl__ $Id$ +@node Targets, Controlling _GDBN__, _GDBN__ Files, Top +@chapter Specifying a Debugging Target +@cindex debugging target +@kindex target +A @dfn{target} is an interface between the debugger and a particular +kind of file or process. + +Often, you will be able to run _GDBN__ in the same host environment as the +program you are debugging; in that case, the debugging target can just be +specified as a side effect of the @code{file} or @code{core} commands. +When you need more flexibility---for example, running _GDBN__ on a +physically separate host, controlling standalone systems over a +serial port, or realtime systems over a TCP/IP connection---you can use +the @code{target} command. + +@menu +* Active Targets:: Active Targets +* Target Commands:: Commands for Managing Targets +* Remote:: Remote Debugging +@end menu + +@node Active Targets, Target Commands, Targets, Targets +@section Active Targets +@cindex stacking targets +@cindex active targets +@cindex multiple targets + +Targets are managed in three @dfn{strata} that correspond to different +classes of target: processes, core files, and executable files. This +allows you to (for example) start a process and inspect its activity +without abandoning your work on a core file. + +More than one target can potentially respond to a request. In +particular, when you access memory _GDBN__ will examine the three strata of +targets until it finds a target that can handle that particular address. +Strata are always examined in a fixed order: first a process if there is +one, then a core file if there is one, and finally an executable file if +there is one of those. + +When you specify a new target in a given stratum, it replaces any target +previously in that stratum. + +To get rid of a target without replacing it, use the @code{detach} +command. The related command @code{attach} provides you with a way of +choosing a particular running process as a new target. @xref{Attach}. + +@node Target Commands, Remote, Active Targets, Targets +@section Commands for Managing Targets + +@table @code +@item target @var{type} @var{parameters} +Connects the _GDBN__ host environment to a target machine or process. A +target is typically a protocol for talking to debugging facilities. You +use the argument @var{type} to specify the type or protocol of the +target machine. + +Further @var{parameters} are interpreted by the target protocol, but +typically include things like device names or host names to connect +with, process numbers, and baud rates. + +The @code{target} command will not repeat if you press @key{RET} again +after executing the command. + +@item help target +@kindex help target +Displays the names of all targets available. To display targets +currently selected, use either @code{info target} or @code{info files} +(@pxref{Files}). + +@item help target @var{name} +Describe a particular target, including any parameters necessary to +select it. +@end table + +Here are some common targets (available, or not, depending on the _GDBN__ +configuration): + +@table @code +@item target exec @var{prog} +@kindex target exec +An executable file. @samp{target exec @var{prog}} is the same as +@samp{exec-file @var{prog}}. + +@item target core @var{filename} +@kindex target core +A core dump file. @samp{target core @var{filename}} is the same as +@samp{core-file @var{filename}}. + +@item target remote @var{dev} +@kindex target remote +Remote serial target in _GDBN__-specific protocol. The argument @var{dev} +specifies what serial device to use for the connection (e.g. +@file{/dev/ttya}). @xref{Remote}. + +_if__(_AMD29K__) +@item target amd-eb @var{dev} @var{speed} @var{PROG} +@kindex target amd-eb +@cindex AMD EB29K +Remote PC-resident AMD EB29K board, attached over serial lines. +@var{dev} is the serial device, as for @code{target remote}; +@var{speed} allows you to specify the linespeed; and @var{PROG} is the +name of the program to be debugged, as it appears to DOS on the PC. +@xref{EB29K Remote}. + +_fi__(_AMD29K__) +_if__(_I960__) +@item target nindy @var{devicename} +@kindex target nindy +An Intel 960 board controlled by a Nindy Monitor. @var{devicename} is +the name of the serial device to use for the connection, e.g. +@file{/dev/ttya}. @xref{i960-Nindy Remote}. + +_fi__(_I960__) +_if__(_VXWORKS__) +@item target vxworks @var{machinename} +@kindex target vxworks +A VxWorks system, attached via TCP/IP. The argument @var{machinename} +is the target system's machine name or IP address. +@xref{VxWorks Remote}. +_fi__(_VXWORKS__) +@end table + +_if__(_GENERIC__) +Different targets are available on different configurations of _GDBN__; your +configuration may have more or fewer targets. +_fi__(_GENERIC__) + +@node Remote, , Target Commands, Targets +@section Remote Debugging +@cindex remote debugging + +_if__(_GENERIC__) +@menu +_include__(gdb.inv.m-m4)<>_dnl__ +@end menu +_fi__(_GENERIC__) + +If you are trying to debug a program running on a machine that can't run +_GDBN__ in the usual way, it is often useful to use remote debugging. For +example, you might use remote debugging on an operating system kernel, or on +a small system which does not have a general purpose operating system +powerful enough to run a full-featured debugger. + +Some configurations of _GDBN__ have special serial or TCP/IP interfaces +to make this work with particular debugging targets. In addition, +_GDBN__ comes with a generic serial protocol (specific to _GDBN__, but +not specific to any particular target system) which you can use if you +write the remote stubs---the code that will run on the remote system to +communicate with _GDBN__. + +To use the _GDBN__ remote serial protocol, the program to be debugged on +the remote machine needs to contain a debugging stub which talks to +_GDBN__ over the serial line. Several working remote stubs are +distributed with _GDBN__; see the @file{README} file in the _GDBN__ +distribution for more information. + +For details of this communication protocol, see the comments in the +_GDBN__ source file @file{remote.c}. + +To start remote debugging, first run _GDBN__ and specify as an executable file +the program that is running in the remote machine. This tells _GDBN__ how +to find the program's symbols and the contents of its pure text. Then +establish communication using the @code{target remote} command with a device +name as an argument. For example: + +@example +target remote /dev/ttyb +@end example + +@noindent +if the serial line is connected to the device named @file{/dev/ttyb}. This +will stop the remote machine if it is not already stopped. + +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 @code{detach} +command. + +Other remote targets may be available in your +configuration of _GDBN__; use @code{help targets} to list them. + +_if__(_GENERIC__) +_include__(gdb.inv.s-m4) +@c Text on starting up GDB in various specific cases; it goes up front +@c in manuals configured for any of those particular situations, here +@c otherwise. +_fi__(_GENERIC__) |