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@@ -15,23 +15,32 @@ a [gdb] client to connect to it. To debug the redox kernel run.
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@@ -15,23 +15,32 @@ a [gdb] client to connect to it. To debug the redox kernel run.
make qemu debug=yes
make qemu debug=yes
```
```
This will start a VM with and listen on port 1234 for a [gdb] client. Run the following
This will start a VM with and listen on port 1234 for a [gdb] or [lldb] client.
to connect to it.
## [gdb]
If you are going to use [gdb], run the following to load debug symbols and connect
to your running kernel.
```
```
(gdb) symbol-file build/kernel.sym
(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
```
```
This is great, but without debug info debugging can be quite difficult. The
## [lldb]
redox build process strips the kernel of debug info and copies the debug info
to a separate file
`kernel.sym`
. You can import these symbols in [gdb] with
If you are going to use [lldb], run the following to start debugging.
the following
```
```
(gdb) symbol-file build/kernel.sym
(lldb) target create -s build/kernel.sym build/kernel
(lldb) gdb-remote localhost:1234
```
```
Now you can set some interesting breakpoints and
`continue`
the process.
## Debugging
After connecting to your kernel you can set some interesting breakpoints and
`continue`
the process. See your debuggers man page for more information on useful commands to run.
[
qemu
]:
https://www.qemu.org
[
qemu
]:
https://www.qemu.org
[
gdb
]:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
[
gdb
]:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
[
lldb
]:
https://lldb.llvm.org/
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