The Heisenberg Debugging Technology

Class #509, Embedded Systems Conference West, September 1999

A lecture / presentation on the Introspect feature of GDB, which allows users to record and play back debugging sessions on a remote embedded system, with far less impact on timing and synchronization that is seen in ordinary breakpoint debugging.

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Here is a summary of the GDB Command Syntax for trace debugging.
Here is a summary of the GDB Remote Protocol language for tracing.
Here is a description of the Expression Bytecode Language.

Introspect and GDB Tracing Contacts:

Michael Snyder (Sunnyvale, CA)
Jim Blandy (Portland, OR)