D.3. Stop Reply Packets

The C, c, S, s and ? packets can receive any of the below as a reply. In the case of the C, c, S and s packets, that reply is only returned when the target halts. In the below the exact meaning of signal number is poorly defined. In general one of the UNIX signal numbering conventions is used.

SAA

AA is the signal number

TAAn...:r...;n...:r...;n...:r...;

AA = two hex digit signal number; n... = register number (hex), r... = target byte ordered register contents, size defined by REGISTER_RAW_SIZE; n... = thread, r... = thread process ID, this is a hex integer; n... = (watch | rwatch | awatch, r... = data address, this is a hex integer; n... = other string not starting with valid hex digit. gdb should ignore this n..., r... pair and go on to the next. This way we can extend the protocol.

WAA

The process exited, and AA is the exit status. This is only applicable to certain targets.

XAA

The process terminated with signal AA.

NAA;t…;d…;b…

(obsolete)

AA = signal number; t… = address of symbol _start; d… = base of data section; b… = base of bss section. Note: only used by Cisco Systems targets. The difference between this reply and the qOffsets query is that the N packet may arrive spontaneously whereas the qOffsets is a query initiated by the host debugger.

OXX…

XX… is hex encoding of ascii data. This can happen at any time while the program is running and the debugger should continue to wait for W, T, etc.

Fcall-id,parameter…

call-id is the identifier which says which host system call should be called. This is just the name of the function. Translation into the correct system call is only applicable as it's defined in gdb. Refer to Section D.7 File-I/O remote protocol extension, for a list of implemented system calls.

parameter… is a list of parameters as defined for this very system call.

The target replies with this packet when it expects gdb to call a host system call on behalf of the target. gdb replies with an appropriate F packet and keeps up waiting for the next reply packet from the target. The latest C, c, S or s action is expected to be continued. Refer to Section D.7 File-I/O remote protocol extension, for more details.