[U-Boot] Uboot Remote gdb gives segmentation fault and hangs

[alfred steele]

Hi,
I am trying to debug u-boot using arm-elf-gdb on the PDK board. I have been
succesfully using this gdb to a great extent. However, when i try my
vanilla u-boot image with debug, i get a "segfault".

$ arm-elf-gdb  u-boot
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This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=arm-elf"...

(gdb) symbol-file u-boot
Load new symbol table from "u-boot"? (y or n) y
Reading symbols from u-boot...done.
(gdb) target remote 206.44.17.238:2001
Remote debugging using 206.44.17.238:2001
Segmentation fault

AT this point, even the running u-boot on the console hangs/crashes.

Could it  be something wrong with the uboot binary itslef. If so, any
hints as to what
could be wrong?
I have been using theis arm-elf-gdb sucessfully with Redboot in the past.


Thanks,
Alfred.