Re: Some issue with reverse testsuite

[Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>]

Thanks for your help Michael.  I got right message now.

Maybe you can update this to http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ReversibleDebugging

Hui

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 02:27, Michael Snyder<msnyder@vmware.com> wrote:
> Hui Zhu wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I try the reverse testsuite in cvs-head, what I got is:
>
> [...]
>
>> It looks like gdb do nothing. ?Are you sure it works OK?
>
> You need to use a board description file to enable them.
> Oh damn -- I don't know where this stuff is documented.
>
> Guys -- how do we usually initiate a new maintainer into
> the mysteries of dejagnu?
>
> Hui -- let me tell you the easy (and wrong) way to do it,
> just to avoid complexity. ?Copy the attached file into
> /usr/share/dejagnu/baseboards (you'll need to be root).
>
> Then add "--target_board=precord" to your RUNTESTFLAGS,
> eg. like this:
>
> ?make check RUNTESTFLAGS="step-reverse.exp --target_board=precord"
>
>
> # Testing programs using process record/replay (precord)
>
> load_base_board_description "unix"
>
> set_board_info gdb,can_reverse 1
> set_board_info gdb,use_precord 1
>
>
>