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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 3d63f80553..b20d9c32f3 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -9870,6 +9870,49 @@ </section> </section> + <section id='debugging-with-the-gnu-project-debugger-gdb-on-the-target'> + <title>Debugging with the GNU Project Debugger (GDB) on the Target</title> + + <para> + The previous section addressed using GDB remotely for debugging + purposes. + This section describes what you need to do in order to support + using GDB to debug on the target hardware. + </para> + + <para> + To support this kind of debugging, you need do the following: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + Ensure that GDB is on the target. + You can do this by adding "gdb" to + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_INSTALL'><filename>IMAGE_INSTALL</filename></ulink>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " gdb" + </literallayout> + Alternatively, you can add "tools-debug" to + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></ulink>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + IMAGE_FEATURES = tools-debug + </literallayout> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Ensure that debug symbols are present. + You can make sure these symbols are present by installing + <filename>-dbg</filename>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " <replaceable>packagename</replaceable>-dbg" + </literallayout> + Alternatively, you can do the following to include all the + debug symbols: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + IMAGE_FEATURES = dbg-pkgs + </literallayout> + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </section> + <section id='debugging-parallel-make-races'> <title>Debugging Parallel Make Races</title> |