Re: [cdt-dev] Help in setting up remote debugging on ARM Linux

[Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonah,

On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 17:20:21 +0000
Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Have you tried the remote hardware launch configuration type? I think it's
> not installed by default. That launch type is for your use case AFAIK.
> 
Yes I did. It doesn't allow to transfer a binary to the target filesystem via sftp/ftp. In the "Startup" tab you could specify the image or symbol file to upload but it completely relies on the ability of the JTAG device to perform such upload.

Regards,
Sergei

> Jonah
> On 3 Mar 2016 4:49 p.m., "Sergei Poselenov" <sposelenov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> > > I'm probably not understanding properly what you're having trouble with
> > but doesn't the automatic remote launch have two places to specify binary?
> > One at the top of the main tab for the host and one lower down for the
> > remote. The text for the remote one says "Remote absolute file path for
> > C/C++ application"
> > >
> > > BR,
> > > Marc
> >
> > I wish it could be so simple.
> >
> > Like I said, the name of the binary passed to cross-gdb and to gdbserver
> > is currently can be specified in one place only, in "C/C++ Application".
> > The "Remote absolute file path for C/C++ application" specifies where on
> > the target this application will be located. If you put another name here
> > (any name), your application binary (as entered in "C/C++ Application")
> > will be just renamed to this name. This is not I want to achieve.
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for the feedback.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sergei
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 19:26:37 +0300
> > Sergei Poselenov <sposelenov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > (Initially posted here
> > https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/1075245/, but received no
> > replies. Sorry if duplicated.)
> > >
> > > I'm trying to set up remote debugging on my Cortex-M board running Linux.
> > > I was able to get gdbserver and ssh/sftp to the target, and configured
> > the Automatic Remote Debugging Launcher for my target. Everything seems to
> > work fine, however I can't get over one major obstacle.
> > >
> > > In short, I need to specify one type of binary to be run under gdbserver
> > on the target, and another type for the cross-gdb on the host.
> > >
> > > Cross-compiler normally creates two binaries - the binary in the Binary
> > Flat (BFLT) format and the ARM ELF binary. The BFLT binary (eg "hello") is
> > the one which is ran on the target, and the ELF binary ("hello.gdb", with
> > symbolic information) is the one which is used by the cross-debugger on the
> > host to establish a debugging session with the target, eg:
> > > <target>:
> > >  gdbserver :1234 hello
> > > <host>:
> > >  arm-uclinuxeabi-gdb hello.gdb
> > >  gdb> target remote <target-ip>:1234
> > > ...
> > >
> > > That is, I racked my brain on how to specify the Automatic Launcher to
> > pass "hello" as the binary which need to be SFTP-ed to the target and
> > started under gdbserver, and, at the same time, how to pass "hello.gdb" to
> > arm-uclinuxeabi-gdb as the argument. Looks like the Automatic Launcher only
> > allows to specify one of them in the "Debug Configuration" Main tab?
> > >
> > > Using the Manual Launcher (and starting gdbserver on the target
> > manually) works just fine.
> > >
> > > I'm using Mars.1/Linux.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sergei
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