debug over firewire amd64 -> i386
Sean McNeil
sean at mcneil.com
Fri Oct 8 04:53:13 PDT 2004
On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 01:20, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 8 October 2004 at 1:17:28 -0700, Sean McNeil wrote:
> > I've read what I could about this and I've setup my machines connected
> > via firewire. I haven't gone through all the work yet, so I thought I
> > would ask to make sure it is possible:
> >
> > The target system is amd64
> > the host system is i386
> >
> > Will this pose a problem?
>
> I suspect you're about to find out :-) I can't see one a priori, but
> I'd guess you're the first to try it.
>
> > I'm pretty sure I can create a cross gdb that should work on i386
> > for the amd64 platform. In fact my first build for the amd64 was
> > from the system in i386 mode. I migrated from i386 to amd64. That
> > was fun. I just wanted to ping the list to see if there is
> > something I've missed.
>
> Nothing obvious to me, anyway.
>
> > I have dcons working and can see the console on the i386 side so the
> > link is working. It's just a matter of understanding the gdb
> > portion.
>
> You've seen my documentation on the subject, right?
Yes, I have. I referred to your documentation to setup and test the
dcons interface. I has already been very helpful and I haven't even
finished reading it. Thanks for your efforts. I will report back my
experience when I have tried it out completely.
Cheers,
Sean
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