Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 03:35:47 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Barry Perryman <perryman@sun001.sil.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ok, I'll bite... Message-ID: <4482.827926547@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:37:50 GMT." <Pine.3.05.1.9603270907.D8336-8100000@sun001.sil.com>
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> Just what is this gdb-remote that Jordan keeps mentioning in an almost > subliminal way ? I'm not sure what [gdb-remote!] you mean by this but [gdb-remote!] I'll do by best to answer your question. Basically, it's a protocol that gdb can speak with a remote process (be it a kernel or whatever) to control it. It's basically just a stream of text that the remote end emits in answer to various gdb queries. Imagine for a moment using ddb as an interactive user, deciding that you don't _quite_ like the interface it provides and then writing a program which will spit out ddb commands on your behalf and digesting and reformatting the results that ddb prints back. gdb-remote allows you to do your debugging from gdb using a different box and with the complete sources (from which, presumably, the kernel was built) local to that box for source-level debugging. Jordan [gdb-remote!]
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