Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] .gdbinit: load QEMU sub-commands when gdb starts

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 05/15/2017 10:47 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The scripts/qemu-gdb.py file is not easily discoverable.  Add a .gdbinit
> file so GDB either loads qemu-gdb.py automatically or prints a message
> informing the user how to enable them (some systems disable ./.gdbinit
> loading for security reasons).
>
> Suggested-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>

> ---
>  .gdbinit | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 .gdbinit
>
> diff --git a/.gdbinit b/.gdbinit
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..9d322fc
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/.gdbinit
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +# GDB may have ./.gdbinit loading disabled by default.  In that case you can
> +# follow the instructions it prints.  They boil down to adding the following to
> +# your home directory's ~/.gdbinit file:
> +#
> +#   add-auto-load-safe-path /path/to/qemu/.gdbinit
> +
> +# Load QEMU-specific sub-commands and settings
> +source scripts/qemu-gdb.py