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###################### #############################
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-1. QEMU CONFIGURATION
+QEMU CONFIGURATION
qemu must be started with "-s" option
(shorthand for "-gdb tcp::1234")
+#
+# GDB PART
+#
-2. GDB PART - CONNECTION
+CONNECTION
- source gdbscript
(if a gdbscript is created, which contains
add-symbol-file commandos)
- target remote localhost:1234
+DISCONNECTION
+ - detach
+ break connection with target, target resumes execution
+ GDB Target
+ (RSP Client) (RSP Server)
+ D
+ O------------------------------>O
+ O RSP exchange
+ O<------------------------------O
+ OK
+ -disconnect
+ Simply break connection. Target stays at the point where execution terminated previously
+ Reconnection(target remote): resume debugging at the point where the previous connection was broken
-3. BREAKPOINTS
+BREAKPOINTS
- - b CoreHandleProtocol | or OutputString
+ - b CoreHandleProtocol || or OutputString
+ - break *0x65fe447 || set breakpoint at address
-4. INFORMATION
+INFORMATION
- - info
- files || get Entry point + sections
+ - info
address SYM
+
all-registers || all registers & their contents
+
args || Argument variables of current stack frame
+
breakpoints
+
+ files || get Entry point + sections
files || Names of targets & files being debugged
- functions || all function names
+
+ functions || all function names in Program
+ functions UefiMain || show where this function occurs
+
locals || local variables of current stack frame
+
+ symbol ADDR || Show symbol at specified address
+
+ types [regex] || list all types or with regex
+
variables || all gloabl & static variables
-5. CONTROL FLOW
+CONTROL FLOW
- c
- bt || print back_trace of all stack frames
- stop || stop program until it reaches a different source line
-6. FILES (perhaps not applicable when debugging with QEMU)
+FILES (perhaps not applicable when debugging with QEMU)
- file MemtestEfi.efi || load file ...no debugging symbols found...done
- file || unload files
-7. LIST
+LIST
- list || list specified function or line