On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 04:11:32PM +0200, Yoni Rabinovitch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to debug a multithreaded program running on an embedded MIPS
> 5Kc using gdb and gdbserver, connected via
> a serial port.
>
> My environment is as follows:
>
> MIPS kernel based on 2.4.18
> gdb : 6.2.1, configured with --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> --target=mips-hardhat-linux --disable-sim --disable-tcl --enable-threads
> --enable-shared
> gdbserver: 6.2.1, configured with --target=mips-linux --enable-threads
> --enable-shared
> gcc : 3.2.3, }
> binutils : 2.13 } Built using crosstool
> glibc: 2.2.5 }
>
> My problems are as follows:
>
> 1) If I try to run the program from gdbserver (i.e. gdbserver /dev/ttyS0
> wlsd), I get "readchar: Input/output error" messages,
> and nothing works. See attached file gdb_fail.
> What is going on here ?
It sounds like your serial port is messed up.
> 2) If I first run the program, and then attach gdbserver to it (i.e.
> gdbserver /dev/ttyS0 --attach 80), I can debug it.
> However, debugging is amazingly slow !!
> For example, it can take 10 minutes for the "backtrace" (bt) command to
> complete !!!
> Also, I get messages saying "Cannot access memory at address 0x2c" whnever I
> try to look at the stack.
> See attached file gdb_trace.
> Why is it going so slow ?
> What is the cause of the "Cannot access memory at address 0x2c" messages ?
GDB is confused by glibc's syscall stubs. In general, don't worry
about errors at the end of backtraces.
> 3) If I repeat the scenario described in 2), but with "set debug remote 1",
> it seems to work somewhat faster
> (e.g. bt takes about 1 minute to complete).
> I am seeing alot of "Packet instead of Ack, ignoring it" messages.
> See attached file gdb_trace_debug.
> What do these messages mean ?
Try "set debug serial 1" in addition - it's very verbose but maybe it
will tell you what the "packet" is.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
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