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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-22 15:16:07 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-28 15:02:33 +0100 |
| commit | 9f2cf76e091ed66f36e88ce0718c8336730f6c38 (patch) | |
| tree | dd528a6fb01e7d6d71ffd5aac72cf16985458523 /documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | |
| parent | 924966f6344a2ac90cc2a7e2a857c2f64dbeccc3 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-9f2cf76e091ed66f36e88ce0718c8336730f6c38.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Added new GDB debug requirements section for target
Fixes [YOCTO #9554]
I added a new section titled "Debugging with the GNU Project
Debugger (GDB) on the Target" that provides requirements for
this type of debugging.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5d15c6c5f2030395f9faea8a5ef3ead1b98042d8)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 43 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
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> |