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This section documents the configuration options available when debugging remote programs. For the options related to the File I/O extensions of the remote protocol, see system-call-allowed.
set remoteaddresssize bits
Set the maximum size of address in a memory packet to the specified number of bits. GDB will mask off the address bits above that number, when it passes addresses to the remote target. The default value is the number of bits in the target’s address.
show remoteaddresssize
Show the current value of remote address size in bits.
set serial baud n
Set the baud rate for the remote serial I/O to n baud. The value is used to set the speed of the serial port used for debugging remote targets.
show serial baud
Show the current speed of the remote connection.
set serial parity parity
Set the parity for the remote serial I/O. Supported values of parity are:
even, none, and odd. The default is none.
show serial parity
Show the current parity of the serial port.
set remotebreak
If set to on, GDB sends a BREAK signal to the remote
when you type Ctrl-c to interrupt the program running
on the remote. If set to off, GDB sends the ‘Ctrl-C’
character instead. The default is off, since most remote systems
expect to see ‘Ctrl-C’ as the interrupt signal.
show remotebreak
Show whether GDB sends BREAK or ‘Ctrl-C’ to
interrupt the remote program.
set remoteflow on
set remoteflow off
Enable or disable hardware flow control (RTS/CTS)
on the serial port used to communicate to the remote target.
show remoteflow
Show the current setting of hardware flow control.
set remotelogbase base
Set the base (a.k.a. radix) of logging serial protocol
communications to base. Supported values of base are:
ascii, octal, and hex. The default is
ascii.
show remotelogbase
Show the current setting of the radix for logging remote serial protocol.
set remotelogfile file
Record remote serial communications on the named file. The default is not to record at all.
show remotelogfile.
Show the current setting of the file name on which to record the serial communications.
set remotetimeout num
Set the timeout limit to wait for the remote target to respond to num seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
show remotetimeout
Show the current number of seconds to wait for the remote target responses.
set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit limit
set remote hardware-breakpoint-limit limit
Restrict GDB to using limit remote hardware breakpoint or watchpoints. A limit of -1, the default, is treated as unlimited.
set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit limit
Restrict GDB to using limit bytes for the maximum length of a remote hardware watchpoint. A limit of -1, the default, is treated as unlimited.
show remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit
Show the current limit (in bytes) of the maximum length of a remote hardware watchpoint.
set remote exec-file filename
show remote exec-file
Select the file used for run with target
extended-remote. This should be set to a filename valid on the
target system. If it is not set, the target will use a default
filename (e.g. the last program run).
set remote interrupt-sequence
Allow the user to select one of ‘Ctrl-C’, a BREAK or
‘BREAK-g’ as the
sequence to the remote target in order to interrupt the execution.
‘Ctrl-C’ is a default. Some system prefers BREAK which
is high level of serial line for some certain time.
Linux kernel prefers ‘BREAK-g’, a.k.a Magic SysRq g.
It is BREAK signal followed by character g.
show interrupt-sequence
Show which of ‘Ctrl-C’, BREAK or BREAK-g
is sent by GDB to interrupt the remote program.
BREAK-g is BREAK signal followed by g and
also known as Magic SysRq g.
set remote interrupt-on-connect
Specify whether interrupt-sequence is sent to remote target when
GDB connects to it. This is mostly needed when you debug
Linux kernel. Linux kernel expects BREAK followed by g
which is known as Magic SysRq g in order to connect GDB.
show interrupt-on-connect
Show whether interrupt-sequence is sent to remote target when GDB connects to it.
set tcp auto-retry on
Enable auto-retry for remote TCP connections. This is useful if the remote
debugging agent is launched in parallel with GDB; there is a race
condition because the agent may not become ready to accept the connection
before GDB attempts to connect. When auto-retry is
enabled, if the initial attempt to connect fails, GDB reattempts
to establish the connection using the timeout specified by
set tcp connect-timeout.
set tcp auto-retry off
Do not auto-retry failed TCP connections.
show tcp auto-retry
Show the current auto-retry setting.
set tcp connect-timeout seconds
set tcp connect-timeout unlimited
Set the timeout for establishing a TCP connection to the remote target to
seconds. The timeout affects both polling to retry failed connections
(enabled by set tcp auto-retry on) and waiting for connections
that are merely slow to complete, and represents an approximate cumulative
value. If seconds is unlimited, there is no timeout and
GDB will keep attempting to establish a connection forever,
unless interrupted with Ctrl-c. The default is 15 seconds.
show tcp connect-timeout
Show the current connection timeout setting.
The GDB remote protocol autodetects the packets supported by your debugging stub. If you need to override the autodetection, you can use these commands to enable or disable individual packets. Each packet can be set to ‘on’ (the remote target supports this packet), ‘off’ (the remote target does not support this packet), or ‘auto’ (detect remote target support for this packet). They all default to ‘auto’. For more information about each packet, see Remote Protocol.
During normal use, you should not have to use any of these commands. If you do, that may be a bug in your remote debugging stub, or a bug in GDB. You may want to report the problem to the GDB developers.
For each packet name, the command to enable or disable the
packet is set remote name-packet. The available settings
are:
| Command Name | Remote Packet | Related Features |
fetch-register
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p
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info registers
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set-register
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P
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set
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binary-download
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X
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load, set
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read-aux-vector
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qXfer:auxv:read
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info auxv
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symbol-lookup
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qSymbol
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Detecting multiple threads |
attach
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vAttach
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attach
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verbose-resume
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vCont
|
Stepping or resuming multiple threads |
run
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vRun
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run
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software-breakpoint
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Z0
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break
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hardware-breakpoint
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Z1
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hbreak
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write-watchpoint
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Z2
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watch
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read-watchpoint
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Z3
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rwatch
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access-watchpoint
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Z4
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awatch
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pid-to-exec-file
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qXfer:exec-file:read
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attach, run
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target-features
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qXfer:features:read
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set architecture
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library-info
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qXfer:libraries:read
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info sharedlibrary
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memory-map
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qXfer:memory-map:read
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info mem
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read-sdata-object
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qXfer:sdata:read
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print $_sdata
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read-spu-object
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qXfer:spu:read
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info spu
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write-spu-object
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qXfer:spu:write
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info spu
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read-siginfo-object
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qXfer:siginfo:read
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print $_siginfo
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write-siginfo-object
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qXfer:siginfo:write
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set $_siginfo
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threads
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qXfer:threads:read
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info threads
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get-thread-local-
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qGetTLSAddr
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Displaying __thread variables |
get-thread-information-block-address
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qGetTIBAddr
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Display MS-Windows Thread Information Block. |
search-memory
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qSearch:memory
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find
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supported-packets
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qSupported
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Remote communications parameters |
catch-syscalls
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QCatchSyscalls
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catch syscall
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pass-signals
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QPassSignals
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handle signal
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program-signals
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QProgramSignals
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handle signal
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hostio-close-packet
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vFile:close
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remote get, remote put
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hostio-open-packet
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vFile:open
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remote get, remote put
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hostio-pread-packet
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vFile:pread
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remote get, remote put
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hostio-pwrite-packet
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vFile:pwrite
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remote get, remote put
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hostio-unlink-packet
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vFile:unlink
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remote delete
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hostio-readlink-packet
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vFile:readlink
|
Host I/O |
hostio-fstat-packet
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vFile:fstat
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Host I/O |
hostio-setfs-packet
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vFile:setfs
|
Host I/O |
noack-packet
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QStartNoAckMode
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Packet acknowledgment |
osdata
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qXfer:osdata:read
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info os
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query-attached
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qAttached
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Querying remote process attach state. |
trace-buffer-size
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QTBuffer:size
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set trace-buffer-size
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trace-status
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qTStatus
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tstatus
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traceframe-info
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qXfer:traceframe-info:read
|
Traceframe info |
install-in-trace
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InstallInTrace
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Install tracepoint in tracing |
disable-randomization
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QDisableRandomization
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set disable-randomization
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startup-with-shell
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QStartupWithShell
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set startup-with-shell
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environment-hex-encoded
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QEnvironmentHexEncoded
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set environment
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environment-unset
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QEnvironmentUnset
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unset environment
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environment-reset
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QEnvironmentReset
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Reset the inferior environment (i.e., unset user-set variables)
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set-working-dir
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QSetWorkingDir
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set cwd
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conditional-breakpoints-packet
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Z0 and Z1
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Support for target-side breakpoint condition evaluation
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multiprocess-extensions
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multiprocess extensions
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Debug multiple processes and remote process PID awareness |
swbreak-feature
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swbreak stop reason
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break
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hwbreak-feature
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hwbreak stop reason
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hbreak
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fork-event-feature
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fork stop reason
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fork
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vfork-event-feature
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vfork stop reason
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vfork
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exec-event-feature
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exec stop reason
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exec
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thread-events
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QThreadEvents
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Tracking thread lifetime. |
no-resumed-stop-reply
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no resumed thread left stop reply
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Tracking thread lifetime. |
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