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gdb/1884: arm-none-elf target sim does not run ARM executables
- From: jreiser at BitWagon dot com
- To: gdb-gnats at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 2 Mar 2005 01:52:35 -0000
- Subject: gdb/1884: arm-none-elf target sim does not run ARM executables
- Reply-to: jreiser at BitWagon dot com
>Number: 1884
>Category: gdb
>Synopsis: arm-none-elf target sim does not run ARM executables
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 02 01:58:00 UTC 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Reiser
>Release: GNU gdb 6.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux 2.6.10-1.766_FC3
gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)
This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=arm-none-elf".
>Description:
After configuring with --target=arm-none-elf, the resulting gdb does not simulate ARM executables. It complains "No executable file specified" and gets SIGSEGV.
-----console transcript
$ arm-none-elf-gdb
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This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=arm-none-elf".
(gdb) target sim
Connected to the simulator.
(gdb) load my-arm-executable
Loading section .text, size 0x1514 vma 0x8080
Start address 0x8080
Transfer rate: 43168 bits in <1 sec.
(gdb) run
Starting program:
warning: No executable file specified.
Segmentation fault
$
-----end console transcript
>How-To-Repeat:
$ arm-none-elf-gdb
(gdb) target sim
Connected to the simulator.
(gdb) load my-arm-exeuctable
Loading section .text, size 0x1514 vma 0x8080
Start address 0x8080
Transfer rate: 43168 bits in <1 sec.
(gdb) run
Starting program:
warning: No executable file specified.
Segmentation fault
$
where my-arm-executable is a self-contained standalone program that uses no shared libraries:
-----my-arm-executable.S
_start:.globl _start
swi
-----
built with crosstool using "$GCC_ARM -nostartfiles -nostdlib -o my-arm-executable my-arm-executable.S" . "readelf --all my-arm-executable" show an ARM executable that looks fine.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: