Hello,
I'm trying to perform cross platform remote debugging from my x86 computer to a remote ARM device. (ex: Beagle Bone Black)
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and Eclipse CDT.
I installed the Ubuntu package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf but the gdb debugger is not in that package.
Therefore, I'm wondering if I should use the Linaro toolchain (which include arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb) or if I should install the Ubuntu gdb-multiarch package.
What is the difference between gdb-multiarch and arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb ? Is it better to use gdb-multiarch ?
Thanks ssinfod
What is the difference between gdb-multiarch and arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb
? Is it better to use gdb-multiarch ? For Ubuntu hosts from 12.04 onwards, gdb-multiarch is used as gdb client for debugging. As name indicates it is a common client to any architecture and not restricted to ARM.
Generally, all gdb clients are architecture independent because architecture specific part is handled in gdbserver itself. So, other than the name arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb, I am guessing it is same as gdb-multiarch.
Hope this helps.
Regards, Bharath
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:02 PM, ssinfod ssinfod ssinfod@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to perform cross platform remote debugging from my x86 computer to a remote ARM device. (ex: Beagle Bone Black)
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and Eclipse CDT.
I installed the Ubuntu package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf but the gdb debugger is not in that package.
Therefore, I'm wondering if I should use the Linaro toolchain (which include arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb) or if I should install the Ubuntu gdb-multiarch package.
What is the difference between gdb-multiarch and arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb ? Is it better to use gdb-multiarch ?
Thanks ssinfod
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On 12 August 2014 15:32, ssinfod ssinfod ssinfod@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to perform cross platform remote debugging from my x86 computer to a remote ARM device. (ex: Beagle Bone Black)
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and Eclipse CDT.
I installed the Ubuntu package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf but the gdb debugger is not in that package.
Therefore, I'm wondering if I should use the Linaro toolchain (which include arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb) or if I should install the Ubuntu gdb-multiarch package.
What is the difference between gdb-multiarch and arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb ? Is it better to use gdb-multiarch ?
The Linaro gdb release will generally be more up to date than the Ubuntu one. For example our latest release is 7.8, and that is only available in utopic, not trusty so if you plan to use an Ubuntu LTS release it might be better to use the Linaro shipped gdb. Linaro gdb also contains fixes and improvements that aren't in the upstream stable branch. Historically Ubuntu has often picked these changes up too but that may not always be the case.
gdb-multiarch obviously supports a range of other architectures besides ARM, so if that is something that would be useful for you then it might make sense to use that.
linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org
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