Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:15:36 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Re: Debugging symbols with nasm Message-ID: <20030816181536.GD31356@webserver>
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[Sorry, accidentally cc:ed -questions@ instead of -hackers@] On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 09:14:30AM +0300 or thereabouts, Vladimir Ciobanu wrote: > I'm not sure whether this is the best list to post to, but it's my > first guess. I'm using nasm to compile some code I wrote. The > developer-handbook suggests I use "-f elf", so that's what I did. Then I > linked it with ld. The program works as expected, but I can't debug it > with gdb; it reports "no debugging symbols found". > I've tried to get the possible debugging formats nasm can output, and > I get "null" for both elf and aoutb ( ld can't even link aoutb .o files ). > Is there a way I could debug my nasm-compiled assembler sources, > preferably with gdb ? I don't mind any binary format that can run on > FreeBSD, nor any other linker. > Any suggestions are welcome. GDB is just too good for debugging ASM stuff. I recommend ALD, the Assembly Language Debugger. Install /usr/ports/devel/ald, and run `ald myprogram'. It doesn't need debug symbols beyond what NASM already provides :-) -- Josh
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