Is it possible to debug an AMD kernel on Intel
gnn at freebsd.org
gnn at freebsd.org
Mon Nov 26 23:25:10 PST 2007
At Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:01:03 -0800,
David O'Brien wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:38:37PM +0900, gnn at freebsd.org wrote:
> > or vice versa? That is, can I do kgdb/gdb over serial from an Intel
> > box to an AMD box?
>
> George,
> This question make no sense. Of course you can debug a kernel on an
> Intel system using an AMD system. There isn't anything CPU vendor
> specific within a single architecture that would affect you doing this.
>
> But I don't think that's really your question. I think you're
> asking if you can debug a FreeBSD/i386 kernel using a FreeBSD/amd64
> system. I.e. cross-platform debugging.
>
That was my question.
> The answer is "no" using stock FreeBSD bits. A single GDB binary
> cannot be built multi-platform.
I'm going to try the cross-platform tools and see what I can do.
Thanks,
George
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