Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:14:37 +0900 From: gnn@freebsd.org To: obrien@freebsd.org, gnn@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to debug an AMD kernel on Intel Message-ID: <m27ik4yxb6.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <20071126180103.GA79600@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <m2fxyu5tsy.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <20071126180103.GA79600@dragon.NUXI.org>
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At Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:01:03 -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 10:38:37PM +0900, gnn@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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