Continued MIPS kernel debugging symbols problem...

["Steven J. Hill" <sjhill at cotw dot com>]

Greetings.

I have tried everything I can to get Linux kernel debugging
symbols to work properly. I apologize for posting to so
many lists too, but I really need to get this working. I
traded a few emails with HJ Lu and he referred me to the
following messages/threads:

   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2001-08/msg00053.html
   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2001-08/msg00079.html
   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2001-08/msg00084.html

I did read them a few times and it appears that all the
necessary changes are in the current gdb and insight CVS
repositories. I checked out the latest sources a half
hour ago and compiled both gdb and insight using the
configuration line:

    configure --prefix=/opt/tools --target=mipsel-linux-elf

since my target is a NEC 5432 running in LE mode. I had
also tried 'mips-linux-elf' targets earlier in the day
with no difference. I am still getting the following
mismatch in symbols:

--------------------------------------------------------------------
(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS1
Remote debugging using /dev/ttyS1
0x80012828 in breakinst () at af_packet.c:1879
1879            sock_unregister(PF_PACKET);
(gdb) bt
#0  0x80012828 in breakinst () at af_packet.c:1879
#1  0x8001a0d4 in sys_create_module (name_user=0x10001dc8 "cfi_probe",
    size=8176) at module.c:305
(gdb) c
Continuing.
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I compiled my kernel with a toolchain that used the following
versions of tools:

    binutils-2.11.90.0.31 (HJLu patches applied)
    gcc-3.0.1 (stock)
    glibc-2.2.3 (minor build patches)

Things are still not working and I would greatly appreciate some
direction. I've blown a whole day this and am a bit frazzled.
Thanks a bunch in advance.

-Steve

-- 
 Steven J. Hill - Embedded SW Engineer