gdbserver for GNU/Hurd

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 04:31:55PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Has anyone ever worked on porting the GDB distribution's gdbserver to
> > GNU/Hurd?
> 
> I'm pretty sure the answer to that question is no.

As far as I know.

> > In case you don't know: this would allow for debugging programs on
> > GNU/Hurd systems using a cross debugger running on another system (e.g. a
> > non GNU/Hurd one).  This is of advantage if you're cross compiling and
> > then don't have to copy the source files to the target system for using
> > gdb locally on there.
> 
> But it'd be difficult to have access to all the advanced features a
> native GNU/Hurd GDB offers.

It shouldn't be hard to add anything necessary to the remote protocol
and if anyone was interested in working on it I'd be glad to offer
advice.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery