On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 10:35 AM Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Everything you need to know is in that referenced wiki page: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NUTTX/Debugging+ELF+Loadable+Modules > > I don't know anything about QEMU or RISC-V. But assuming that NSH is > your init application... > > * NSH is not in memory when you start the OS; it resides in your init > file. The OS will automatically start NSH as the init application > (if properly configured). > * Since there is no gdbserver or ptrace, there is not elegant way to > break into the program. Some kludgey ways to do that are described > in the referenced wiki page. > * Then just follow the instructions in the wiki page: > o Start the debugger > o Load the symbol table of the NSH application. You probably > don't need as load offset as described in the wiki page. > o Set a breakpoint at nsh_parse, and > o Continue > > I have nothing to add to that. Note to self: Check whether above-linked wiki page has been migrated to Documentation in the repository and, if not, migrate it... I likely won't be able to work on that until next week, so if someone else wants to do it, feel free. :-) Cheers Nathan
