gdb/MicroBlaze: Add support for native linux gdb
Adds native Linux support for GDB for the MicroBlaze architecture, including core target support and basic debugger functionality.
Gopi Kumar Bulusu proposes a patch to add native Linux support for GDB (GNU Debugger) for the MicroBlaze architecture. This includes core target support and enables commonly used debugger functions such as breakpoints, stepping, and printing. The patch is based on sources from the Xilinx/AMD Yocto git repository and has been tested on a Linux instance running on QEMU.
- proposer
Clarifies that the patch includes core target support.
“[ Please note: the typo, including core target support ]”
In Details
This patch provides native Linux support for debugging MicroBlaze targets directly from a Linux host using GDB. This eliminates the need for remote debugging setups in some scenarios. MicroBlaze is a soft processor core often used in Xilinx/AMD FPGAs.
For Context
GDB (GNU Debugger) is a tool used to debug programs. This patch adds the ability to run GDB directly on a Linux computer to debug programs running on a MicroBlaze processor (a type of embedded processor often found in FPGAs). This simplifies the debugging process compared to using a remote debugger.