Re: [Xenomai-help] remote gdb debugging and Xenomai

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

Karch, Joshua wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I began using GDB to debug rt-tasks in addition to pthreads and I
> found that placing a breakpoint within an RT-Task causes a
> termination of the debug session
> 
> "Child terminated with signal = 5 " is the error I get from gdbserver
> on the target device
> 
> In the Eclipse environment on my non-Xeno desktop, I receive the
> following error: <terminated>gdbserver Debugger (7/2/08 1:27 PM)
> (Exited. Signal 'SIGTRAP' received. Description: Trace/breakpoint
> trap.)
> 
> 
> I did some googling and found out I need symbol information available
> to GDB for Xenomai functions (in addition to PThreads). Where can I
> find libraries with the symbols?

Read README.INSTALL

> Is there anything else I need to know to be able to set breakpoints
> within RT- Tasks for debugging?  I haven't used GDB until now, so
> this is still new to me.

The main reason for such kind of errors is not using the same version of
gdb and gdbserver.

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                                                  Gilles.