Linux changes for GDB

[Andi Kleen]

In article < 199907090232.VAA01308@zwingli.cygnus.com >,
Jim Blandy <jimb@cygnus.com> writes:

> Then there are some bug fixes:
> - GDB can step into functions in shared libraries correctly.  On
>   Redhat 5.2, at least, you sometimes end up in `strcmp'.  (I need to
>   write a test for this one.)

The main problem on RH5.2 and RH6 seems to be that libc is not stripped,
so once you enter a libc function by mistake with 's' you get hundreds
of error messages because of the missing source file. Is there a elegant
fix for that? (e.g. some way to specify to gdb to never look for some
sources)

> - John Wehle's patches for functions without frame pointers

This will help remote kernel debugging a lot :)


-Andi