[ELDK] gdb does not connect to BDI2000

[Detlev Zundel]

Hi Dirk,

>> The current gdb has the nasty habit of not taking its command 

["current gdb" = version of gdb in eldk 4.2]

>> name seriously, i.e. the name you call the debugger is *not* 
>> the ultimate configuration choice.  Rather "CROSS_COMPILE" 
>> overrides this.  Please be sure that CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xxFP- 
>> and check again.
>
> de at bob2:~/src/u-boot/u-boot-git$ export CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xxFP-
> de at bob2:~/src/u-boot/u-boot-git$ ppc_4xxFP-gdb u-boot
> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.7-1rh)
> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
> copying"
> and "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> --target=ppc-linux".
> The target architecture is set automatically (currently powerpc:403)
> ..
>
>> It is also helpful to check what architecture gdb thinks it 
>> debugs, so check 
>> 
>> (gdb) show architecture
>> The target architecture is set automatically (currently powerpc:403)
>
> (gdb) show architecture
> The target architecture is set automatically (currently powerpc:e500) 
>
> Hmmm, not what I hoped to see...

Argh.  This indeed looks bad.  We just diagnosed that this gets set on
reading the ELF binary.  Unfortunately, we currently do not know where
this information in the ELF file is and how we can influence it.
Moreover, we know that gdb in eldk 4.2 not only has this above mentioned
problem, but it also refuses a manual "set architecture" command to set
things straight.

I can offer you a workaround for the time being however - use
ppc_4xxFP-gdb from eldk 4.1 and force a "set architecture powerpc:403"
after loading the elf file.

Cheers
  Detlev

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