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Re: Does the GDB need a symbol table?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: James Sampson <i_am_triumph at ofir dot dk>
- Cc: GDB Archive <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:22:02 -0500
- Subject: Re: Does the GDB need a symbol table?
- References: <20021120194007.DDBAA2B791@postfix2.ofir.com>
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:14:28PM +0100, James Sampson wrote:
> Hello
>
> If I were to debug a target remotely, and the target is already loaded and
> ready to start, when I attach the GDB. Can I just debug it there, or does the
> GDB need to download the program so it has it's hands on the symbol table for
> that program?
Well, it needs the symbol table, but it doesn't need to do the
download. Just give GDB the file, don't bother saying "load".
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer