remote gdb: reboot system(Linux)

Andrew Cagney ac131313@cygnus.com
Tue Jul 24 17:22:00 GMT 2001


> 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''.

You may also be interested in the qRcmd packet which allows the user to 
send across arbitrary commands (via ``(gdb) monitor ...'').

	Andrew





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