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Re: remote gdb: reboot system(Linux)
Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> > You can set pc to machine_restart function and continue.
> > That will immediately reboot the machine.
> >
> > kgdb (http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/) doesn't yet support
> > gdb remote protocol packets kill, attach and detach.
> >
> > I'll add it whenever I get some time.
>
> Before adding anything I'd carefully read the remote protocol doco,
> especially where it says ``deprecated'' or ``obsolete''.
I'll keep that in mind.
I haven't looked at remote protocol doc in ages.
I need to do the excercise of going through the doc and
chage deprecated functionalities sometime.
>
> You may also be interested in the qRcmd packet which allows the user to
> send across arbitrary commands (via ``(gdb) monitor ...'').
Great!
I have been using maintenance packets. monitor command is much
better.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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Amit Kale
Veritas Software ( http://www.veritas.com )