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xds-gdb: wrapper on gdb for XDS

xds-gdb is a wrapper on gdb debugger for X(cross) Development System.

This tool allows you to debug an application built with an xds-server without the need to install gdb or any cross tool.

Two debugging models are supported:

  1. native debugging

  2. XDS remote debugging requiring an XDS server and allowing cross debug your application.

By default XDS remote debug is used and you need to define XDS_NATIVE_GDB variable to use native gdb debug mode instead.

SEE ALSO: xds-server, a web server used to remotely cross build applications. SEE ALSO: xds-exec, wrappers on exec command that allows to cross build your application through xds-server.

Configuration

xds-gdb configuration is defined by variables (see listed below). These variables may be set using :

  • environment variables (inherited),
  • or a config file set with XDS_CONFIG environment variable, for example: XDS_CONFIG=/tmp/my_xds_gdb_config.env xds-gdb
  • or by setting variables within a gdb ini file (see details below),
  • or a “user” config file located in following directory (first found is taken):
    1. $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)/.xds-gdb.env
    2. $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)/../xds-gdb.env
    3. $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)/target/xds-gdb.env
    4. $(HOME)/.config/xds/xds-gdb.env

Configuration Variables

XDS_CONFIG : Config file defining XDS_xxx configuration variables. Variables of this file will overwrite inherited environment variables. Variables definition may be prefixed or not by “export” keyword. Here is an example of config file

cat $HOME/myProject/xds-gdb.env

export XDS_SERVER_URL=http://xds-docker:8000
export XDS_PROJECT_ID=IW7B4EE-DBY4Z74_myProject
export XDS_SDK_ID=poky-agl_aarch64_4.0.1

XDS_LOGLEVEL

Set logging level (supported levels: panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug)

XDS_LOGFILE

Set logging file, default /tmp/xds-gdb.log.

XDS_NATIVE_GDB

Use native gdb mode instead of remote XDS server mode.

XDS_PROJECT_ID (mandatory with XDS server mode)

Project ID you want to build

XDS_RPATH

Relative path into project

XDS_SDK_ID (mandatory with XDS server mode)

Cross Sdk ID to use to build project

XDS_SERVER_URL (mandatory with XDS server mode)

Remote XDS server url

Configuration variables set within gdb init command file

Above XDS_xxx variables may also be defined within gdb init command file (see –command or -x option of genuine Gdb). You must respect the following syntax: commented line including :XDS-ENV: tag

Example of gdb init file where we define project and sdk ID:

     # :XDS-ENV: XDS_PROJECT_ID=IW7B4EE-DBY4Z74_myProject
     # :XDS-ENV: XDS_SDK_ID=poky-agl_aarch64_4.0.1

How to build xds-gdb from scratch

Prerequisites

You must install and setup Go version 1.7 or higher to compile this tool.

Building

Clone this repo into your $GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh and use delivered Makefile:

 export GOPATH=$(realpath ~/workspace_go)
 mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/iotbzh
 git clone https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-gdb.git
 cd xds-gdb
 make

Debug

Visual Studio Code launcher settings can be found into .vscode/launch.json.