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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] .gdbinit: load QEMU sub-commands when gdb st
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Alex Bennée |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] .gdbinit: load QEMU sub-commands when gdb starts |
Date: |
Wed, 17 May 2017 14:55:24 +0100 |
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Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> writes:
> 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).
>
> Symlink .gdbinit and the scripts directory in order to make out-of-tree
> builds work. The scripts directory is used to find the qemu-gdb.py file
> specified by a relative path in .gdbinit.
>
> Suggested-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2:
> * Support out-of-tree builds [Daniel, Markus]
>
> configure | 1 +
> .gdbinit | 8 ++++++++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 .gdbinit
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 57b5ae6..04f7272 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -6382,6 +6382,7 @@ FILES="$FILES pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile"
> FILES="$FILES pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile"
> FILES="$FILES roms/seabios/Makefile roms/vgabios/Makefile"
> FILES="$FILES pc-bios/qemu-icon.bmp"
> +FILES="$FILES .gdbinit scripts" # scripts needed by relative path in .gdbinit
> for bios_file in \
> $source_path/pc-bios/*.bin \
> $source_path/pc-bios/*.lid \
> 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
--
Alex Bennée