I am using gdb 5.3 for debugging applications developed for a powerpc-aebisimaltivec target on a linux-x86 host
I am using gcc-3.3.1, binutils-2.14.90.0.6 and newlib-1.11.0
But I obtain an error when try to run my program under gdb
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$ powerpc-eabisimaltivec-gcc -o hello -g hello.c
hello.c is a simple hello world program using printf and without any altivec vector instructions
$ powerpc-eabisimaltivec-gdb hello
GNU gdb 5.3
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
...
This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=powerpc-eabisimaltivec"...
(gdb) target sim
Connected to the simulator.
(gdb) load
(gdb) run
Starting program: /users/scratch/alvarez/altivec/tutorial/hello
cpu 1, cia 0x100010cc: program interrupt - illegal instruction
Program terminated with signal ?, Unknown signal.
The program no longer exists.
[Switching to process 0]
(gdb)