debugging from solaris host to linux pc target

[Ken Lierman]

sorry to be so slow to reply, but yes, that was it.... works perfectly now.

Thanks!

Ken


Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 11:31:28AM -0600, Ken Lierman wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm having some trouble remote debugging from a solaris host to a linux 
>>pc target (using gdb, gdbserver, and TCP).
>>
>>To sanity check what i'm doing (in terms of command line, target 
>>behavior, etc) i can sucessfully connect/run between any of serveral 
>>different linux pc hosts and the linux pc target.
>>
>>However, every time i use the solaris machine as the host, i get errors 
>>like:
>>
>>Remote packet too long: 
>>00000000000000000000000000000000f0fdffbf0000000000000000000000007013004046020000230000002b0000002b0000002b00000000000000000000000040000000000000ffff0000000000000000ffff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080ff3f00000000000000c805400000000000000080ff3f000000000000000000007f03000000000000ffff00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>I have attached a log of the 2 different scenarios also.
> 
> 
> You missed the most important step.
> 
> To cross-debug you must build a GDB using --target specifying the
> platform you wished to cross debug to.  You can't use a native Solaris
> GDB to debug an i686-linux target.
>