RE: How can core dumps be debugged?

Yes, I am using the m68k version of gdb (m68k-linux-gdb) to read the
core files.


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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Phil Wilshire
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 6:42 AM
To: William M. Duke
Subject: Re: [ColdFire] How can core dumps be debugged?

Hi William,

Sorry for the silly question.
Are you using the m68k version of gdb to read the core files.
(m68k-linux-gdb)


Regards
   Phil Wilshire

William M. Duke wrote:
> We are using a MCF5474 ColdFire and LinuxBSP. The application we are=20
> running on the ColdFire occasionally crashes. I have been able to do=20
> some debugging using gdb and gdbserver (over Ethernet); however, this=20
> method slows down the application. I have also been able to get
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> to generate core files, but when I attempt to debug the core file with

> gdb, I get the message "GDB can't read core files on this machine".
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> Is there a patch to gdb to get it to read core files?
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> Is there another program that can be used to debug m68k core files?
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> NOTE: The LinuxBSP we are using has a 2.6.10 kernel, gcc at 3.4.0, and

> gdb at 6.6-16.fc7rh (configured as "-host=3Di686-pc-linux-gnu=20
> -target=3Dm68k-linux"). LinuxBSP is built on a PC running Fedora 7.
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