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Improvements for gdbserver configuration

Message ID 20220415152848.364686-1-sundeep.kokkonda@gmail.com
State New
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Series Improvements for gdbserver configuration | expand

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Sundeep KOKKONDA April 15, 2022, 3:28 p.m. UTC 
[Yocto #13722]
The Yocto bug reports a few improvements in the gdbserver configuration which improves the configuration of gdb more easier for novice users.

Signed-off-by: Sundeep KOKKONDA <sundeep.kokkonda@gmail.com>
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 documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index 9d4aaa5a6..0e989f78e 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -10181,6 +10181,7 @@  debugger.
    an image recipe::
 
       IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " gdbserver"
+      EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES_append = " tools-debug"
 
    The change makes
    sure the ``gdbserver`` package is included.
@@ -10227,14 +10228,14 @@  debugger.
 
       $ mkdir debugfs
       $ cd debugfs
-      $ tar xvfj build-dir/tmp-glibc/deploy/images/machine/image.rootfs.tar.bz2
-      $ tar xvfj build-dir/tmp-glibc/deploy/images/machine/image-dbg.rootfs.tar.bz2
+      $ tar xvfj build-dir/tmp/deploy/images/machine/image.rootfs.tar.bz2
+      $ tar xvfj build-dir/tmp/deploy/images/machine/image-dbg.rootfs.tar.bz2
 
 5. *Set up GDB:*
 
    Install the SDK (if you built one) and then source the correct
    environment file. Sourcing the environment file puts the SDK in your
-   ``PATH`` environment variable.
+   ``PATH`` environment variable and sets $GDB to the SDK's debugger.
 
    If you are using the build system, Gdb is located in
    `build-dir`\ ``/tmp/sysroots/``\ `host`\ ``/usr/bin/``\ `architecture`\ ``/``\ `architecture`\ ``-gdb``