Enable simulator on gdb
Andrew Burgess
andrew.burgess@embecosm.com
Thu Aug 19 10:32:35 GMT 2021
* Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> [2021-08-17 18:13:37 -0400]:
> On 29 Jul 2021 09:49, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> > * 任建军 via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> [2021-07-16 11:52:33 +0800]:
> >
> > > I have a complie question, An help me answer it?
> > > I use binutils-gdb source code to build gdb for aarch64,the version is “gdb-9.2-release”, and complie command line is "./configure --target=aarch64 --enable-sim".
> > > Compile is completed, but when i enter gdb and type command "target sim" , gdb said "Undefined target command: "sim": ..." , am i missed someting when i complie gdb?
> >
> > The problem is that in gdb/configure.tgt there is no link to the
> > compiled simulator. The patch below adds this link for aarch64-elf
> > targets.
> >
> > I believe the reason for this is that the aarch64 simulator is
> > considered deprecated in favour of using QEMU. Or it could just be an
> > oversight that this link is missing.
>
> while i love QEMU, i'm not sure it should be relevant wrt decisions about the
> GNU sim and its integration in places.
>
> > Either way, this should get it working for you.
> >
> > --- a/gdb/configure.tgt
> > +++ b/gdb/configure.tgt
> > @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
> > aarch64*-*-elf | aarch64*-*-rtems*)
> > # Target: AArch64 embedded system
> > gdb_target_obs="aarch64-newlib-tdep.o"
> > + gdb_sim=../sim/arm/libsim.a
>
> guessing you meant aarch64 there and not arm ?
Yes I did. Thanks.
Andrew
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