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GDB paper accepted for GCC summit
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2006-03-30 01:36:07
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:26:53AM +0800, Randolph Chung
wrote:
> This is my understanding:
> multi-arch is a generalized form of biarch, the idea
being that one gdb
> binary can debug multiple targets. The most common form
of this is a gdb
> that can debug 32-bit and 64-bit binaries on the same
machine, but
> presumably one could build a gdb that can debug e.g.
x86 targets
> natively, and at the same time an embedded arm target.
I don't know if
> we are quite there yet though. Most of this work
involves encapsulating
> target specific operations into vectors that can be
changed at runtime,
> instead of having link-time bindings of those
operations.

Yes.  We're very close; if someone wanted to make this
work, they
probably could.  IIRC it once worked for a couple of
embedded targets.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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