This is the mail archive of the gdb@sourceware.org mailing list for the GDB project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: Random gdbserver question (x86)

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan at codesourcery dot com>
To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
Cc: Pedro Alves <pedro at codesourcery dot com>, "gdb at sourceware dot org" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:47:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Random gdbserver question (x86)
References: <4BB28BF2.8080100@vmware.com> <201003310219.49529.pedro@codesourcery.com> <4BB387E1.3070702@vmware.com>

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:35:29AM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Actually, I phrase it as a question even though I am pretty sure it
> is true.  My real question is "Why?".  It seems to me that if we just
> included amd64-linux-nat.o and amd64-*-tdep.o in the build, then
> 32-bit gdb should be able to debug 64-bit native apps.

I don't think the necessary kernel interfaces exist.  Or at least, we
aren't using them.  Compare the offsets in the two nat files.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Random gdbserver question (x86)
  - From: Michael Snyder

References:
- Random gdbserver question (x86)
  - From: Michael Snyder
- Re: Random gdbserver question (x86)
  - From: Pedro Alves
- Re: Random gdbserver question (x86)
  - From: Michael Snyder

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]