linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] config: provide a fragment to enable gdb for qemu

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Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:45:32 +0100
From:   Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, mingo@...hat.com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] config: provide a fragment to enable gdb for qemu

On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 13:40, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 01:29:08PM +0100, Anders Roxell wrote:
> > Adding a fragment to make it easier to know what options is needed to
> > build a kernel to get the that you can debug in qemu.
>
> > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> > +# Enable debug info for gdb
> > +# CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
> > +CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
> > +CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS=y
>
> Is this specifically for qemu or is this just good for debugging with
> GDB in general (eg, via JTAG)?

I haven't tried, and I don't have a JTAG so I could test it =/

Cheers,
Anders