Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:21:16 -0300 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19960805124008.373f8d66@dmeasc.rc.ipt.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams), djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak Subject: Re: Remote debuggery with GDB At 10:29 29/07/96 GMT, Alaric B. Williams wrote: > >I've got an old PC (not an XT, a /PC/, as in before the XT) lying >around, and was wondering if I could arrange GDB's console I/O to go >to a terminal emulator on it via a serial line from my PC, thus >providing a snazzy debug console. > >How would I go about this, before I buy a serial card and cable? > >Would: > >GDB myprog < com2: > com2: > >work? It'd be a bit awkward that DOS level IO from my app might get >redirected (do exception dumps go to stdout?), although my software is >mostly graphical with custom keyboard handlers and all that (thus the >snaziness of remote debugging!) > >The GDB dox say little about this, other than that the debuggee shares >stdout and stdin... it'd be kinda cool if this could be changed... In the info file about gdb there is a full chapter in remote debugging. In a nutshell, you have to set a kind of server in the debuggee program which will work trhough a protocol described in the document. The hard part is that IFAIK there is not one such implementation (yet) for DJGPP. > >Thanx, > > >ABW >-- >I have become... Comfortably numb... > >Alaric B. Williams Internet : alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk >http://www.hardcafe.co.uk/Alaric/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cesar Scarpini Rabak E-mail: csrabak AT ipt DOT br DME/ASC Phone: 55-11-268-35221Ext.350 IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas Fax: 55-11-268-5996 Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532. Sao Paulo - SP 05508-901 BRAZIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~