compiling gdb

Question

Hello,

I am trying to build gdb for armv6 architecture. I will be compiling this package on a Fedora Linux-Intel x86 box. I read the process of installing the gdb , like

1.) Download the source pachage

2.) run configure -host

3.) make

But i got lost in the process because i was not able to make out what will be the host , target, needed for teh configure script.

I need to basically be able to debug programs running on armv6 architecture board which runs linux kernel 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19. The gdb executable which i intend to obtain after compilation of the source,also needs to be able to run on above mentioned configuration.

Now to get a working gdb executable for this configuration what steps should i follow?

-AD.

Answer 1

target/host is usually the target tool chain you would be using (mostly arm-linux)

Answer 2

We (www.rockbox.org) use the arm target for a whole batch of our currently working DAPS. The target we specify is usually arm-elf, rather than arm-linux.