[U-Boot-Users] Debugging u-boot after relocation - add-symbol-file issues with gdb 6.4

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <200605051651.00264.laurent.pinchart at tbox.biz> you wrote:
> 
> After reading the mailing list archive I found out about the add-symbol-file 
> gdb command. I've been able to add symbol files from the u-boot image 
> relative to the relocated address. gdb prints the correct relocated location 
> when asked for the address of a symbol. Unfortunately, it isn't able to 
> display source code when stepping through the software. The file in which the 
> function at the current PC value seems to be found correctly, but gdb will 
> always display the first line of code in that file. That's probably because 
> the relocated address is lower than the first line of code address before 
> relocation. gdb should have (at least in my opinion) updated the debug 
> symbols, but it doesn't seem to have done so.
> 
> Is there something I've done wrong, or is that a gdb bug ? Does anyone know of 
> a workaround ?

Sounds like a toolchain problem to me. For a test, try the  GDB  that
comes with the ELDK.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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