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| <h2 class="chapter">20 Debugging Remote Programs</h2> |
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| If you are trying to debug a program running on a machine that cannot run |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> in the usual way, it is often useful to use remote debugging. |
| For example, you might use remote debugging on an operating system kernel, |
| or on a small system which does not have a general purpose operating system |
| powerful enough to run a full-featured debugger. |
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| <p>Some configurations of <span class="sc">gdb</span> have special serial or TCP/IP interfaces |
| to make this work with particular debugging targets. In addition, |
| <span class="sc">gdb</span> comes with a generic serial protocol (specific to <span class="sc">gdb</span>, |
| but not specific to any particular target system) which you can use if you |
| write the remote stubs—the code that runs on the remote system to |
| communicate with <span class="sc">gdb</span>. |
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| <p>Other remote targets may be available in your |
| configuration of <span class="sc">gdb</span>; use <code>help target</code> to list them. |
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| <li><a accesskey="1" href="Connecting.html#Connecting">Connecting</a>: Connecting to a remote target |
| <li><a accesskey="2" href="File-Transfer.html#File-Transfer">File Transfer</a>: Sending files to a remote system |
| <li><a accesskey="3" href="Server.html#Server">Server</a>: Using the gdbserver program |
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