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Re: examining remote core dumps; MT support for attach;


On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 05:17:03PM -0400, nak26 wrote:
> >> How hard would it be to add support for that? I can give it a try, but 
> would
> >> need some guidance...
> >
> >I have no idea how you would do it.  You'd have to transfer essentially
> >the same info anyway.  Or port gdbserver to have a "core file" target
> >but I don't know how well that would work.
> 
> What do you mean by "Or port gdbserver to have a "core file" target
> but I don't know how well that would work"?

Allow gdbserver to read from a core file instead of a running process. 
It would be tricky; you'll have to figure out how to do it yourself.

> >> I saw a PREPARE_TO_PROCEED patch beeing mentioned in some of the posts. In
> >> which cases it heeds to be applied?
> >
> >You'll probably never hit it unless you manually use the "thread"
> >command to switch threads and then single-step the new thread.
> 
> In case I need it, where can I get it from?

The list archives.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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