The scripts/qemu-gdb.py file is not easily discoverable. Add a .gdbinit
file so GDB either loads qemu-gdb.py automatically or prints a message
informing the user how to enable them (some systems disable ./.gdbinit
loading for security reasons).
Symlink .gdbinit and the scripts directory in order to make out-of-tree
builds work. The scripts directory is used to find the qemu-gdb.py file
specified by a relative path in .gdbinit.
Suggested-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org>
Tested-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20170517124042.1430-1-stefa...@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
---
configure | 1 +
.gdbinit | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 .gdbinit
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 13e040d..2203b98 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6376,6 +6376,7 @@ FILES="$FILES pc-bios/spapr-rtas/Makefile"
FILES="$FILES pc-bios/s390-ccw/Makefile"
FILES="$FILES roms/seabios/Makefile roms/vgabios/Makefile"
FILES="$FILES pc-bios/qemu-icon.bmp"
+FILES="$FILES .gdbinit scripts" # scripts needed by relative path in .gdbinit
for bios_file in \
$source_path/pc-bios/*.bin \
$source_path/pc-bios/*.lid \
diff --git a/.gdbinit b/.gdbinit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d322fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gdbinit
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# GDB may have ./.gdbinit loading disabled by default. In that case you can
+# follow the instructions it prints. They boil down to adding the following to
+# your home directory's ~/.gdbinit file:
+#
+# add-auto-load-safe-path /path/to/qemu/.gdbinit
+
+# Load QEMU-specific sub-commands and settings
+source scripts/qemu-gdb.py
--
2.9.4
