+This is a test line for tags testing.
+
README for GDBserver
by Stu Grossman
Introduction:
This is GDBserver, a remote server for Un*x-like systems. It can be used to
-control the execution of a program on a target host from a GDB on a different
+control the execution of a program on a target system from a GDB on a different
host. GDB and GDBserver communicate using the standard remote serial protocol
-implemented in remote.c, and various *-stub.c files. They can communicate via
+implemented in remote.c, and various *-stub.c files. They communicate via
either a serial line or a TCP connection.
Usage (server (target) side):
-First, you will need to have a copy of the program to be debugged put onto
-the target system. It can be stripped if you need to save space. This is ok
-because GDBserver doesn't care about symbols, all of that stuff is taken care
-of by the GDB running on the host system.
+First, you need to have a copy of the program you want to debug put onto
+the target system. The program can be stripped to save space if needed, as
+GDBserver doesn't care about symbols. All symbol handling is taken care of by
+the GDB running on the host system.
+
+To use the server, you log on to the target system, and run the `gdbserver'
+program. You must tell it (a) how to communicate with GDB, (b) the name of
+your program, and (c) its arguments. The general syntax is:
+
+ target> gdbserver COMM PROGRAM [ARGS ...]
-To use the server, you will need to log on to the target system, and run the
-server program. You will need to tell it how to communicate with GDB, the
-name of the program to be debugged, and it's arguments. For example, using a
-serial port, you might say:
+For example, using a serial port, you might say:
target> gdbserver /dev/com1 emacs foo.txt
-This tells gdbserver to debug emacs with an argument of foo.txt. The server
-will communicate with GDB via /dev/com1. GDBserver will now wait patiently
-for GDB to communicate with it.
+This tells gdbserver to debug emacs with an argument of foo.txt, and to
+communicate with GDB via /dev/com1. Gdbserver now waits patiently for the
+host GDB to communicate with it.
To use a TCP connection, you could say:
target> gdbserver host:2345 emacs foo.txt
This says pretty much the same thing as the last example, except that we are
-now going to communicate with GDB via TCP. The `host:2345' argument means that
-we are expecting to see a TCP connection from `host' to local TCP port 2345.
-Currently, the host part is ignored. You can choose any number you want for
-the port number as long as it does not conflict with any existing ports on your
-system. This same port number will also be used in the GDB `target remote'
-command, which we will discuss later. Note that it's safe to chose a number
-that conflicts, gdbserver will just print an error message and exit.
+going to communicate with the host GDB via TCP. The `host:2345' argument means
+that we are expecting to see a TCP connection from `host' to local TCP port
+2345. (Currently, the `host' part is ignored.) You can choose any number you
+want for the port number as long as it does not conflict with any existing TCP
+ports on the target system. This same port number must be used in the host
+GDBs `target remote' command, which will be described shortly. Note that if
+you chose a port number that conflicts with another service, gdbserver will
+print an error message and exit.
Usage (host side):
-You should have a copy of the target program on your host system, since GDB
-will need it to examine symbol tables and such. You should start up GDB just
-as you normally would, with the target program as the first argument. Ie:
-`gdb target-prog'. After that, you will only need to know about one new
-command. This is `target remote'. It's argument is either a device name
-(preferably of a serial device, like /dev/ttyb), or a host:port descriptor.
-For example:
+You need an unstripped copy of the target program on your host system, since
+GDB needs to examine it's symbol tables and such. Start up GDB as you normally
+would, with the target program as the first argument. (You may need to use the
+--baud option if the serial line is running at anything except 9600 baud.)
+Ie: `gdb TARGET-PROG', or `gdb --baud BAUD TARGET-PROG'. After that, the only
+new command you need to know about is `target remote'. It's argument is either
+a device name (usually a serial device, like `/dev/ttyb'), or a HOST:PORT
+descriptor. For example:
(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyb
-will communicate with the server via the hardware serial line /dev/ttyb, and:
+communicates with the server via serial line /dev/ttyb, and:
(gdb) target remote the-target:2345
-will communicate via a TCP connection to port 2345 on host `the-target', where
-you have already started up gdbserver with the same port number. Note that you
-must start up gdbserver prior to using the target command, otherwise you will
-get an error that looks something like `Connection refused'.
+communicates via a TCP connection to port 2345 on host `the-target', where
+you previously started up gdbserver with the same port number. Note that for
+TCP connections, you must start up gdbserver prior to using the `target remote'
+command, otherwise you may get an error that looks something like
+`Connection refused'.
Building:
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