Re: How does one cross-compile gdbserver?

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 05:28:05PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> >
> >> I'm going crazy trying to build gdb 5.1.1's gdbserver
> >> in a cross-development environment.
> >
> > I don't give it good odds of compiling.  I've tried several times to
> > clean that up and gotten stymied in various people's objections to my
> > methods (sorry Andrew).  I'll be taking another stab at it this week I
> > think.
> 
> :-)
> 
> I've been thinking about making it obsolete.  Not that I want to lose
> it.  Rather that it clears the slate and removes any obligation to keep
> other targets working.

If you make gdbserver obsolete, what would you replace it with?

There's no question that some sort of remote debugging probe
is a must for embedded development (personally, I use printf,
but 90% of developers would much prefer to use a debugger).
 
- Dan