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diff --git a/gdb/doc/all.m4 b/gdb/doc/all.m4 index 4d97fbe..f4dfbf0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/all.m4 +++ b/gdb/doc/all.m4 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ _define__(<_COFF__>,<1>) _define__(<_ELF__>,<1>) _define__(<_AMD29K__>,<1>) +_define__(<_H8__>,<0>) Include this when it's stable. _define__(<_I80386__>,<1>) _define__(<_I960__>,<1>) _define__(<_M680X0__>,<1>) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index e0eaa70..2150d8a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ _if__(!_GENERIC__) @settitle Using _GDBN__ v4 (_HOST__) _fi__(!_GENERIC__) @setchapternewpage odd -@c @smallbook -@c @cropmarks +@input smpklug.texi +@smallbook +@cropmarks @c %**end of header @finalout @@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ instead of in the original English. @title Using _GDBN__ @subtitle A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger _if__(!_GENERIC__) -@subtitle On _HOST__ Systems +@subtitle on _HOST__ Systems _fi__(!_GENERIC__) @sp 1 @c !!set edition, date, version @@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ This is Edition 4.01, January 1992, for GDB Version _GDB_VN__. @menu * Summary:: Summary of _GDBN__ -* New Features:: New features since _GDBN__ version 3.5 +* New Features:: New features since GDB version 3.5 * Sample Session:: A Sample _GDBN__ session * Invocation:: Getting in and out of _GDBN__ * Commands:: _GDBN__ commands @@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ This is Edition 4.01, January 1992, for GDB Version _GDB_VN__. * Emacs:: Using _GDBN__ under GNU Emacs * _GDBN__ Bugs:: Reporting bugs in _GDBN__ * Renamed Commands:: -* Installing _GDBN__:: Installing _GDBN__ +* Installing GDB:: Installing GDB * Copying:: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE * Index:: Index @@ -491,7 +492,7 @@ the Modula-2 support, and contributed the Languages chapter of this manual. @node New Features, Sample Session, Summary, Top -@unnumbered New Features since _GDBN__ version 3.5 +@unnumbered New Features since GDB version 3.5 @table @emph @item Targets @@ -500,14 +501,14 @@ you are debugging local files, local processes, standalone systems over a serial port, realtime systems over a TCP/IP connection, etc. The command @code{load} can download programs into a remote system. Serial stubs are available for Motorola 680x0 and Intel 80386 remote systems; -_GDBN__ also supports debugging realtime processes running under +GDB also supports debugging realtime processes running under VxWorks, using SunRPC Remote Procedure Calls over TCP/IP to talk to a -debugger stub on the target system. Internally, _GDBN__ now uses a +debugger stub on the target system. Internally, GDB now uses a function vector to mediate access to different targets; if you need to add your own support for a remote protocol, this makes it much easier. @item Watchpoints -_GDBN__ now sports watchpoints as well as breakpoints. You can use a +GDB now sports watchpoints as well as breakpoints. You can use a watchpoint to stop execution whenever the value of an expression changes, without having to predict a particular place in your program where this may happen. @@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ Commands that issue wide output now insert newlines at places designed to make the output more readable. @item Object Code Formats -_GDBN__ uses a new library called the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) +GDB uses a new library called the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) Library to permit it to switch dynamically, without reconfiguration or recompilation, between different object-file formats. Formats currently supported are COFF, a.out, and the Intel 960 b.out; files may be read as @@ -528,46 +529,46 @@ the other GNU binary utilities are being converted to use it. @item Configuration and Ports Compile-time configuration (to select a particular architecture and operating system) is much easier. The script @code{configure} now -allows you to configure _GDBN__ as either a native debugger or a -cross-debugger. @xref{Installing _GDBN__}, for details on how to +allows you to configure GDB as either a native debugger or a +cross-debugger. @xref{Installing GDB}, for details on how to configure and on what architectures are now available. @item Interaction -The user interface to _GDBN__'s control variables has been simplified +The user interface to GDB's control variables has been simplified and consolidated in two commands, @code{set} and @code{show}. Output lines are now broken at readable places, rather than overflowing onto the next line. You can suppress output of machine-level addresses, displaying only source language information. @item C++ -_GDBN__ now supports C++ multiple inheritance (if used with a GCC +GDB now supports C++ multiple inheritance (if used with a GCC version 2 compiler), and also has limited support for C++ exception -handling, with the commands @code{catch} and @code{info catch}: _GDBN__ +handling, with the commands @code{catch} and @code{info catch}: GDB can break when an exception is raised, before the stack is peeled back to the exception handler's context. @item Modula-2 -_GDBN__ now has preliminary support for the GNU Modula-2 compiler, +GDB now has preliminary support for the GNU Modula-2 compiler, currently under development at the State University of New York at -Buffalo. Coordinated development of both _GDBN__ and the GNU Modula-2 +Buffalo. Coordinated development of both GDB and the GNU Modula-2 compiler will continue into 1992. Other Modula-2 compilers are currently not supported, and attempting to debug programs compiled with them will likely result in an error as the symbol table of the executable is read in. @item Command Rationalization -Many _GDBN__ commands have been renamed to make them easier to remember +Many GDB commands have been renamed to make them easier to remember and use. In particular, the subcommands of @code{info} and @code{show}/@code{set} are grouped to make the former refer to the state -of your program, and the latter refer to the state of _GDBN__ itself. +of your program, and the latter refer to the state of GDB itself. @xref{Renamed Commands}, for details on what commands were renamed. @item Shared Libraries -_GDBN__ 4 can debug programs and core files that use SunOS shared +GDB 4 can debug programs and core files that use SunOS shared libraries. @item Reference Card -_GDBN__ 4 has a reference card. @xref{Formatting Documentation} for +GDB 4 has a reference card. @xref{Formatting Documentation} for instructions on printing it. @item Work in Progress @@ -847,8 +848,9 @@ _1__@end smallexample @node Invocation, Commands, Sample Session, Top @chapter Getting In and Out of _GDBN__ -Type @kbd{gdb} or @kbd{gdb @var{program} @var{core}} to start GDB -and type @kbd{quit} or @kbd{C-d} to exit. +This chapter discusses how to start _GDBN__, and how to get out of it. +(The essentials: type @samp{_GDBP__} to start GDB, and type @kbd{quit} +or @kbd{C-d} to exit.) @menu * Invoking _GDBN__:: Starting _GDBN__ @@ -862,9 +864,21 @@ and type @kbd{quit} or @kbd{C-d} to exit. Start _GDBN__ with the shell command @code{_GDBP__}. Once it's running, _GDBN__ reads commands from the terminal until you tell it to exit. -You can run @code{_GDBP__} with no arguments or options; but the most -usual way to start _GDBN__ is with one argument or two, specifying an -executable program as the argument: +You can also run @code{_GDBP__} with a variety of arguments and options, +to specify more of your debugging environment at the outset. + +The command-line options described here are designed +to cover a variety of situations; in some environments, some of these +options may effectively be unavailable. + +_if__(_H8__) +For details on starting up _GDBP__ as a +remote debugger attached to a Hitachi H8/300 board, see @ref{Hitachi +H8/300 Remote,,_GDBN__ and the Hitachi H8/300}. +_fi__(_H8__) + +The most usual way to start _GDBN__ is with one argument or two, +specifying an executable program as the argument: @example _GDBP__ @var{program} @@ -889,6 +903,11 @@ _GDBP__ @var{program} 1234 would attach _GDBN__ to process @code{1234} (unless you also have a file named @file{1234}; _GDBN__ does check for a core file first). +Taking advantage of the second command-line argument requires a fairly +complete operating system; when you use _GDBN__ as a remote debugger +attached to a bare board, there may not be any notion of ``process'', +and there is often no way to get a core dump. + @noindent You can further control how _GDBN__ starts up by using command-line options. _GDBN__ itself can remind you of the options available. @@ -1290,10 +1309,11 @@ Many C compilers are unable to handle the @samp{-g} and @samp{-O} options together. Using those compilers, you cannot generate optimized executables containing debugging information. -The GNU C compiler supports @samp{-g} with or without @samp{-O}, making it -possible to debug optimized code. We recommend that you @emph{always} use -@samp{-g} whenever you compile a program. You may think your program is -correct, but there is no sense in pushing your luck. +_GCC__, the GNU C compiler, supports @samp{-g} with or without +@samp{-O}, making it possible to debug optimized code. We recommend +that you @emph{always} use @samp{-g} whenever you compile a program. +You may think your program is correct, but there is no sense in pushing +your luck. Some things do not work as well with @samp{-g -O} as with just @samp{-g}, particularly on machines with instruction scheduling. If in @@ -1301,7 +1321,7 @@ doubt, recompile with @samp{-g} alone, and if this fixes the problem, please report it as a bug (including a test case!). Older versions of the GNU C compiler permitted a variant option -@samp{-gg} for debugging information. _GDBN__ no longer supports this +@w{@samp{-gg}} for debugging information. _GDBN__ no longer supports this format; if your GNU C compiler has this option, do not use it. @ignore @@ -5811,6 +5831,16 @@ download @var{filename} to the 960 as well as adding its symbols in _GDBN__. _fi__(_I960__) +_if__(_H8__) +@cindex download to H8/300 +@cindex H8/300 download +When you select remote debugging to a Hitachi H8/300 board (@pxref{Hitachi +H8/300 Remote,,_GDBN__ and the Hitachi H8/300}), the +@code{load} command downloads your program to the H8/300 and also opens +it as the current executable target for _GDBN__ on your host (like the +@code{file} command). +_fi__(_H8__) + @code{load} will not repeat if you press @key{RET} again after using it. @item add-symbol-file @var{filename} @var{address} @@ -6047,7 +6077,7 @@ 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__ +Here are some common targets (available, or not, depending on the GDB configuration): @table @code @@ -6063,7 +6093,7 @@ A core dump file. @samp{target core @var{filename}} is the same as @item target remote @var{dev} @kindex target remote -Remote serial target in _GDBN__-specific protocol. The argument @var{dev} +Remote serial target in GDB-specific protocol. The argument @var{dev} specifies what serial device to use for the connection (e.g. @file{/dev/ttya}). @xref{Remote, ,Remote Debugging}. @@ -6078,6 +6108,15 @@ name of the program to be debugged, as it appears to DOS on the PC. @xref{EB29K Remote, ,GDB with a Remote EB29K}. _fi__(_AMD29K__) +_if__(_H8__) +@item target hms +@kindex target hms +A Hitachi H8/300 board, attached via serial line to your host. Use +special commands @code{device} and @code{speed} to control the serial +line and the communications speed used. @xref{Hitachi H8/300 +Remote,,_GDBN__ and the Hitachi H8/300}. + +_fi__(_H8__) _if__(_I960__) @item target nindy @var{devicename} @kindex target nindy @@ -6105,29 +6144,29 @@ _fi__(_GENERIC__) @cindex remote debugging If you are trying to debug a program running on a machine that cannot run -_GDBN__ in the usual way, it is often useful to use remote debugging. For +GDB 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 +Some configurations of GDB 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 +GDB comes with a generic serial protocol (specific to GDB, 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__. +communicate with GDB. -To use the _GDBN__ remote serial protocol, the program to be debugged on +To use the GDB 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__ +GDB over the serial line. Several working remote stubs are +distributed with GDB; see the @file{README} file in the GDB distribution for more information. For details of this communication protocol, see the comments in the -_GDBN__ source file @file{remote.c}. +GDB 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 start remote debugging, first run GDB 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. Then establish communication using the @code{target remote} command with a device name as an argument. For example: @@ -6147,7 +6186,7 @@ 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. +configuration of GDB; use @code{help targets} to list them. _if__(_GENERIC__) _dnl__ Text on starting up GDB in various specific cases; it goes up front @@ -6973,11 +7012,11 @@ version number. @item What compiler (and its version) was used to compile _GDBN__---e.g. -``_GCC__-1.37.1''. +``_GCC__-2.0''. @item What compiler (and its version) was used to compile the program you -are debugging---e.g. ``_GCC__-1.37.1''. +are debugging---e.g. ``_GCC__-2.0''. @item The command arguments you gave the compiler to compile your example and @@ -7075,10 +7114,10 @@ things without first using the debugger to find the facts. @include inc-hist.texi @end iftex -@node Renamed Commands, Installing _GDBN__, _GDBN__ Bugs, Top +@node Renamed Commands, Installing GDB, _GDBN__ Bugs, Top @appendix Renamed Commands -The following commands were renamed in _GDBN__ 4, in order to make the +The following commands were renamed in GDB 4, in order to make the command set as a whole more consistent and easier to use and remember: @kindex add-syms @@ -7192,39 +7231,39 @@ unset &&\rm(No longer an alias for delete)\cr @end tex @c END TEXI2ROFF-KILL -@node Installing _GDBN__, Copying, Renamed Commands, Top -@appendix Installing _GDBN__ -@cindex configuring _GDBN__ +@node Installing GDB, Copying, Renamed Commands, Top +@appendix Installing GDB +@cindex configuring GDB @cindex installation @iftex @c irrelevant in info file; it's as current as the code it lives with. @quotation @emph{Warning:} These installation instructions are current as of -_GDBN__ version _GDB_VN__. If you're installing a more recent release -of _GDBN__, we may have improved the installation procedures since +GDB version _GDB_VN__. If you're installing a more recent release +of GDB, we may have improved the installation procedures since printing this manual; see the @file{README} file included in your release for the most recent instructions. @end quotation @end iftex -_GDBN__ comes with a @code{configure} script that automates the process -of preparing _GDBN__ for installation; you can then use @code{make} to -build the @code{_GDBP__} program. +GDB comes with a @code{configure} script that automates the process +of preparing GDB for installation; you can then use @code{make} to +build the program. -The _GDBN__ distribution includes all the source code you need for _GDBN__ in +The GDB distribution includes all the source code you need for GDB in a single directory, whose name is usually composed by appending the version number to @samp{gdb}. -For example, the _GDBN__ version _GDB_VN__ distribution is in the @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__} +For example, the GDB version _GDB_VN__ distribution is in the @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__} directory. That directory contains: @table @code @item gdb-_GDB_VN__/configure @r{(and supporting files)} -script for configuring _GDBN__ and all its supporting libraries. +script for configuring GDB and all its supporting libraries. @item gdb-_GDB_VN__/gdb -the source specific to _GDBN__ itself +the source specific to GDB itself @item gdb-_GDB_VN__/bfd source for the Binary File Descriptor Library @@ -7239,13 +7278,13 @@ source for the @samp{-liberty} free software library source for the GNU command-line interface @end table -The simplest way to configure and build _GDBN__ is to run @code{configure} +The simplest way to configure and build GDB is to run @code{configure} from the @file{gdb-@var{version-number}} source directory, which in this example is the @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__} directory. First switch to the @file{gdb-@var{version-number}} source directory if you are not already in it; then run @code{configure}. Pass the -identifier for the platform on which _GDBN__ will run as an +identifier for the platform on which GDB will run as an argument. For example: @@ -7258,7 +7297,7 @@ make @noindent where @var{host} is an identifier such as @samp{sun4} or -@samp{decstation}, that identifies the platform where _GDBN__ will run. +@samp{decstation}, that identifies the platform where GDB will run. These @code{configure} and @code{make} commands build the three libraries @file{bfd}, @file{readline}, and @file{libiberty}, then @code{gdb} itself. The @@ -7280,7 +7319,7 @@ creates configuration files for every directory level underneath (unless you tell it not to, with the @samp{--norecursion} option). You can run the @code{configure} script from any of the -subordinate directories in the _GDBN__ distribution, if you only want to +subordinate directories in the GDB distribution, if you only want to configure that subdirectory; but be sure to specify a path to it. For example, with version _GDB_VN__, type the following to configure only @@ -7296,34 +7335,34 @@ cd gdb-_GDB_VN__/bfd You can install @code{_GDBP__} anywhere; it has no hardwired paths. However, you should make sure that the shell on your path (named by the @samp{SHELL} environment variable) is publicly readable. Remember -that _GDBN__ uses the shell to start your program---some systems refuse to -let _GDBN__ debug child processes whose programs are not readable. +that GDB uses the shell to start your program---some systems refuse to +let GDB debug child processes whose programs are not readable. @menu -* Separate Objdir:: Compiling _GDBN__ in another directory +* Separate Objdir:: Compiling GDB in another directory * Config Names:: Specifying names for hosts and targets * configure Options:: Summary of options for configure -* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print _GDBN__ documentation +* Formatting Documentation:: How to format and print GDB documentation @end menu -@node Separate Objdir, Config Names, Installing _GDBN__, Installing _GDBN__ -@section Compiling _GDBN__ in Another Directory +@node Separate Objdir, Config Names, Installing GDB, Installing GDB +@section Compiling GDB in Another Directory -If you want to run _GDBN__ versions for several host or target machines, -you'll need a different @code{_GDBP__} compiled for each combination of +If you want to run GDB versions for several host or target machines, +you'll need a different @code{gdb} compiled for each combination of host and target. @code{configure} is designed to make this easy by allowing you to generate each configuration in a separate subdirectory, rather than in the source directory. If your @code{make} program handles the @samp{VPATH} feature (GNU @code{make} does), running -@code{make} in each of these directories then builds the @code{_GDBP__} +@code{make} in each of these directories then builds the @code{gdb} program specified there. -To build @code{_GDBP__} in a separate directory, run @code{configure} +To build @code{gdb} in a separate directory, run @code{configure} with the @samp{--srcdir} option to specify where to find the source. (Remember, you'll also need to specify a path to find @code{configure} itself from your working directory.) -For example, with version _GDB_VN__, you can build _GDBN__ in a separate +For example, with version _GDB_VN__, you can build GDB in a separate directory for a Sun 4 like this: @example @@ -7340,11 +7379,11 @@ When @code{configure} builds a configuration using a remote source directory, it creates a tree for the binaries with the same structure (and using the same names) as the tree under the source directory. In the example, you'd find the Sun 4 library @file{libiberty.a} in the -directory @file{gdb-sun4/libiberty}, and _GDBN__ itself in +directory @file{gdb-sun4/libiberty}, and GDB itself in @file{gdb-sun4/gdb}. -One popular use for building several _GDBN__ configurations in separate -directories is to configure _GDBN__ for cross-compiling (where _GDBN__ +One popular use for building several GDB configurations in separate +directories is to configure GDB for cross-compiling (where GDB runs on one machine---the host---while debugging programs that run on another machine---the target). You specify a cross-debugging target by giving the @samp{--target=@var{target}} option to @code{configure}. @@ -7357,14 +7396,14 @@ The @code{Makefile} generated by @code{configure} for each source directory also runs recursively. If you type @code{make} in a source directory such as @file{gdb-_GDB_VN__} (or in a separate configured directory configured with @samp{--srcdir=@var{path}/gdb-_GDB_VN__}), you -will build all the required libraries, then build _GDBN__. +will build all the required libraries, then build GDB. When you have multiple hosts or targets configured in separate directories, you can run @code{make} on them in parallel (for example, if they are NFS-mounted on each of the hosts); they will not interfere with each other. -@node Config Names, configure Options, Separate Objdir, Installing _GDBN__ +@node Config Names, configure Options, Separate Objdir, Installing GDB @section Specifying Names for Hosts and Targets The specifications used for hosts and targets in the @code{configure} @@ -7381,7 +7420,7 @@ or in a @code{--target=@var{target}} option, but the equivalent full name is @samp{sparc-sun-sunos4}. The following table shows all the architectures, hosts, and OS -prefixes that @code{configure} recognizes in _GDBN__ version _GDB_VN__. Entries +prefixes that @code{configure} recognizes in GDB version _GDB_VN__. Entries in the ``OS prefix'' column ending in a @samp{*} may be followed by a release number. @@ -7468,7 +7507,7 @@ combinations of architecture, vendor, and OS. There is by no means support available for all possible combinations! @end quotation -The @code{configure} script accompanying _GDBN__ does not provide +The @code{configure} script accompanying GDB does not provide any query facility to list all supported host and target names or aliases. @code{configure} calls the Bourne shell script @code{config.sub} to map abbreviations to full names; you can read the @@ -7494,11 +7533,11 @@ i386-none-sysv @code{config.sub} is also distributed in the GDB source directory (@file{gdb-_GDB_VN__}, for version _GDB_VN__). -@node configure Options, Formatting Documentation, Config Names, Installing _GDBN__ +@node configure Options, Formatting Documentation, Config Names, Installing GDB @section @code{configure} Options Here is a summary of all the @code{configure} options and arguments that -you might use for building _GDBN__: +you might use for building GDB: @example configure @r{[}--destdir=@var{dir}@r{]} @r{[}--srcdir=@var{path}@r{]} @@ -7514,14 +7553,14 @@ You may introduce options with a single @samp{-} rather than @table @code @item --destdir=@var{dir} @var{dir} is an installation directory @emph{path prefix}. After you -configure with this option, @code{make install} will install _GDBN__ as -@file{@var{dir}/bin/_GDBP__}, and the libraries in @file{@var{dir}/lib}. +configure with this option, @code{make install} will install GDB as +@file{@var{dir}/bin/gdb}, and the libraries in @file{@var{dir}/lib}. If you specify @samp{--destdir=/usr/local}, for example, @code{make install} creates @file{/usr/local/bin/gdb}. @item --srcdir=@var{path} Use this option to make configurations in directories separate from the -_GDBN__ source directories. Among other things, you can use this to +GDB source directories. Among other things, you can use this to build (or maintain) several configurations simultaneously, in separate directories. @code{configure} writes configuration specific files in the current directory, but arranges for them to use the source in the @@ -7538,20 +7577,20 @@ Remove the configuration that the other arguments specify. @c This does not work (yet if ever). FIXME. @c @item --parse=@var{lang} @dots{} -@c Configure the _GDBN__ expression parser to parse the listed languages. -@c @samp{all} configures _GDBN__ for all supported languages. To get a +@c Configure the GDB expression parser to parse the listed languages. +@c @samp{all} configures GDB for all supported languages. To get a @c list of all supported languages, omit the argument. Without this -@c option, _GDBN__ is configured to parse all supported languages. +@c option, GDB is configured to parse all supported languages. @item --target=@var{target} -Configure _GDBN__ for cross-debugging programs running on the specified -@var{target}. Without this option, _GDBN__ is configured to debug -programs that run on the same machine (@var{host}) as _GDBN__ itself. +Configure GDB for cross-debugging programs running on the specified +@var{target}. Without this option, GDB is configured to debug +programs that run on the same machine (@var{host}) as GDB itself. There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available targets. @item @var{host} @dots{} -Configure _GDBN__ to run on the specified @var{host}. +Configure GDB to run on the specified @var{host}. There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts. @end table @@ -7559,12 +7598,12 @@ There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts. @noindent @code{configure} accepts other options, for compatibility with configuring other GNU tools recursively; but these are the only -options that affect _GDBN__ or its supporting libraries. +options that affect GDB or its supporting libraries. -@node Formatting Documentation, , configure Options, Installing _GDBN__ +@node Formatting Documentation, , configure Options, Installing GDB @section Formatting the Documentation -All the documentation for _GDBN__, including this manual, comes as part of +All the documentation for GDB, including this manual, comes as part of the distribution. The documentation is written in Texinfo format, which is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both on-line information and a printed manual. You can use @@ -7572,7 +7611,7 @@ one of the Info formatting commands to create the on-line version of the documentation and @TeX{} (or @code{texi2roff}) to typeset the printed version. -_GDBN__ includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of +GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of this manual in the @file{gdb} subdirectory. The main Info file is @file{gdb-@var{version-number}/gdb/gdb.info}, and it refers to subordinate files matching @samp{gdb.info*} in the same directory. @@ -7581,7 +7620,7 @@ If you want to format these Info files yourself, you need one of the Info formatting programs, such as @code{texinfo-format-buffer} or @code{makeinfo}. -If you have @code{makeinfo} installed, and are in the top level _GDBN__ +If you have @code{makeinfo} installed, and are in the top level GDB source directory (@file{gdb-_GDB_VN__}, in the case of version _GDB_VN__), you can make the Info file by typing: @@ -7605,7 +7644,7 @@ without any extension or a @samp{.dvi} extension. @TeX{} also requires a macro definitions file called @file{texinfo.tex}. This file tells @TeX{} how to typeset a document written in Texinfo format. On its own, @TeX{} cannot read, much less -typeset a Texinfo file. @file{texinfo.tex} is distributed with _GDBN__ +typeset a Texinfo file. @file{texinfo.tex} is distributed with GDB and is located in the @file{gdb-@var{version-number}/texinfo} directory. @@ -7618,16 +7657,16 @@ subdirectory of the main source directory (for example, to make gdb.dvi @end example -@cindex _GDBN__ reference card +@cindex GDB reference card @cindex reference card -In addition to the manual, the _GDBN__ 4 release includes a three-column -reference card. Format the _GDBN__ reference card by typing: +In addition to the manual, the GDB 4 release includes a three-column +reference card. Format the GDB reference card by typing: @example make refcard.dvi @end example -The _GDBN__ reference card is designed to print in landscape mode on US +The GDB reference card is designed to print in landscape mode on US ``letter'' size paper; that is, on a sheet 11 inches wide by 8.5 inches high. You will need to specify this form of printing as an option to your @sc{dvi} output program. @@ -7639,7 +7678,7 @@ subdirectory of the main source directory---in a PostScript or GhostScript printer, you can print the reference card by just sending @file{refcard.ps} to the printer. -@node Copying, Index, Installing _GDBN__, Top +@node Copying, Index, Installing GDB, Top @unnumbered GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE @center Version 2, June 1991 diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-m.m4.in b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-m.m4.in index 8fe5f91..65e446d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-m.m4.in +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-m.m4.in @@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ _fi__(_AMD29K__) _if__(_VXWORKS__) * VxWorks Remote:: _GDBN__ and VxWorks _fi__(_VXWORKS__) +_if__(_H8__) +* Hitachi H8/300 Remote:: _GDBN__ and the Hitachi H8/300 +_fi__(_H8__) + diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in index 5e589ab..1382446 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbinv-s.m4.in @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ session. @xref{Target Commands, ,Commands for Managing Targets}. @node Nindy Startup, Nindy Options, i960-Nindy Remote, i960-Nindy Remote @subsubsection Startup with Nindy -If you simply start @code{_GDBN__} without using any command-line +If you simply start @code{_GDBP__} without using any command-line options, you are prompted for what serial port to use, @emph{before} you reach the ordinary _GDBN__ prompt: @@ -452,3 +452,88 @@ where @var{task} is the VxWorks hexadecimal task ID. The task can be running or suspended when you attach to it. If running, it will be suspended at the time of attachment. _fi__(_VXWORKS__) +_if__(_H8__) +_if__(!_GENERIC__) +@node Hitachi H8/300 Remote, , VxWorks Remote, Starting _GDBN__ +_fi__(!_GENERIC__) +_if__(_GENERIC__) +@node Hitachi H8/300 Remote, , VxWorks Remote, Remote +_fi__(_GENERIC__) +@subsection _GDBN__ and the Hitachi H8/300 +_GDBN__ needs to know three things to talk to your H8/300: + +@enumerate +@item +that you want to use @samp{target hms}, the remote debugging +interface for the H8/300 (this is the default for @code{gdb83}, the +version of GDB configured specifically for the H8/300); + +@item +what serial device connects your host to your H8/300 (the first serial +device available on your host is the default); + +@item +what speed to use over the serial device. +@end enumerate + +@kindex device +@cindex serial device for H8/300 +Use the special @code{gdb83} command @samp{device @var{port}} if you need to +explicitly set the serial device. The default @var{port} is the first +available port on your host; on Unix hosts, this is typically something +like @file{/dev/ttya}, and on DOS hosts @file{com1}. + +@kindex speed +@cindex serial line speed for H8/300 +@code{gdb83} has another special command to set the communications speed +for the H8/300: @samp{speed @var{bps}}. + +For example, you might start an H8/300 debugging session at 19200 bps +like this (exploiting the default target and device): + +@smallexample +$ gdb83 +@c FIXME: this falsifies the exact text played out, to permit smallbook +@c FIXME... format to come out better. +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 _GDB_VN__, Copyright 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +(gdb83) speed 19200 +Remote debugging on an H8/300 HMS via /dev/ttya. +Checking target is in sync +Sending commands to set target to 19200 +(gdb83) +@end smallexample + +@noindent +To download your program and make it the current _GDBN__ target, use the +@code{load} command: + +@example +(gdb83) load smain +.text: 8000 .. 9d92 **** +.data: 9d92 .. 9e34 * +(gdb83) +@end example + +@noindent +While downloading the program (@samp{smain} in this example), _GDBN__ +displays the names of the program's sections, and a @samp{*} for each 2K +of data downloaded. (If you want to refresh _GDBN__ data on symbols or +on the executable file without downloading, use the _GDBN__ commands +@code{file} or @code{symbol-file}. These commands, and @code{load} +itself, are described in @ref{Files,,Commands to Specify Files}.) + +All the standard _GDBN__ facilities are at your disposal for controlling +the program on the H8/300; you can start the program with @code{run}, +set breakpoints with @code{break}, display data with @code{print} or +@code{x}, and so on. + +Remember, however, that @emph{operating system} facilities aren't +available on your H8/300; for example, if your program hangs, you can't +send an interrupt---but you can press the @sc{reset} switch! _GDBN__ +will see the effect of a @sc{reset} on the H8/300 board as a ``normal +exit'' of your program. +_fi__(_H8__) diff --git a/gdb/doc/h8.m4 b/gdb/doc/h8.m4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d9b41c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gdb/doc/h8.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +_divert__(-1) +_define__(<_H8__>,<1>) +_define__(<_GENERIC__>,<0>) +_define__(<_AS__>,<as83>) +_define__(<_GCC__>,<gcc83>) +_define__(<_LD__>,<ld83>) +_define__(<_GDBP__>,<gdb83>) +_define__(<_GDBN__>,<GDB83>) +_define__(<_HOST__>,<Hitachi H8/300>) +_divert__<>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/gdb/doc/none.m4 b/gdb/doc/none.m4 index 6552fd3..9868df8 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/none.m4 +++ b/gdb/doc/none.m4 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ _define__(<_COFF__>,<0>) _define__(<_ELF__>,<0>) _define__(<_AMD29K__>,<0>) Specific architectures. Note none +_define__(<_H8__>,<0>) _define__(<_I80386__>,<0>) starts out on. _define__(<_I960__>,<0>) _define__(<_M680X0__>,<0>) |