Debugging with Gdb

GDB is an open source debugger available for multiple architectures, for Gen4

• GDB Server - Executes on the target and attaches a running process (PID). or a
• GDB Client - Executes on the Host/development machine and connects to the GDB server running on the target.

On Target:

• #./gdbserver : PORT --attach PID - Attaches to a already running process and halt its execution.
• #./gdbserver HOST : PORT program args - Starts the GDB server and loads a program and then waits for GDB client to attach.

On Host: The GDB client (running on host) connect to the GDB server (running on the target) and then controls the execution of the program.

• Start the gdb client with: <YOUR_PATH_TO_GDB_CLIENT>/gdb
• Connect to the server with: target remote :

Create .gdbinit in home folder to save configurations, like set solib-search-path <lib_path>, set sysroot <lib_path>

debugging with separate .debug files,
https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Separate-Debug-Files.html

How to generate such .debug files, sol: objcopy+strip

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/866721/how-to-generate-gcc-debug-symbol-outside-the-build-target