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| <h2 class="chapter">14 Debugging Programs That Use Overlays</h2> |
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| If your program is too large to fit completely in your target system's |
| memory, you can sometimes use <dfn>overlays</dfn> to work around this |
| problem. <span class="sc">gdb</span> provides some support for debugging programs that |
| use overlays. |
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| <li><a accesskey="1" href="How-Overlays-Work.html#How-Overlays-Work">How Overlays Work</a>: A general explanation of overlays. |
| <li><a accesskey="2" href="Overlay-Commands.html#Overlay-Commands">Overlay Commands</a>: Managing overlays in <span class="sc">gdb</span>. |
| <li><a accesskey="3" href="Automatic-Overlay-Debugging.html#Automatic-Overlay-Debugging">Automatic Overlay Debugging</a>: <span class="sc">gdb</span> can find out which overlays are |
| mapped by asking the inferior. |
| <li><a accesskey="4" href="Overlay-Sample-Program.html#Overlay-Sample-Program">Overlay Sample Program</a>: A sample program using overlays. |
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