Hi Everyone,

I'm having a "little problem".
I'm trying to connect with gdbserver from my computer ( x86 based arch ) to my embedded (Linux based Slackware) MIPS arch using the gdbserver in I keep on getting "Reply contains invalid hex digit 59" message.
I've searched the net for answer and found that one more person had the same problem he got replied to change the architecture from the gdb client with the "set atch" command.
I tried to do that ( meaning writing in gdb "set arch mips32" or just mips) but got replied with Undefined item: "mips32" message.
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my questions are:
1. How can I force gdb (on my local computer) to change the target arch.
2. Is there a way to force gdbserver to make the gdb (from my computer) to change arch automatically?

By the way,
I forgot to mention that in order to start connecting to the server I'm using TCP over Ethernet.
meaning, on the mips based board I'm typing:
gdbserver tcp:192.168.1.11:172 /Progs/MyFile -f

and on my local machine I'm typing in gdb:
target remote tcp:192.168.1.50:172

Thanks a lot for the help,
Neuzen

First run
show architecture
and
help target
to see which architecures your gdb supports. Maybe it simply doesn't support MIPS?

Hi Mara and Everyone

Thank you for your reply,
It seems like I don't have support for MIPS arch. in my client gdb (meaning in my computer).
Is there a way just to add support for MIPS arch. to my current gdb?

Here is my output:

GNU gdb 6.5
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-slackware-linux".
(gdb) show architecture
The target architecture is set automatically (currently i386)

Thanks for the help,
Neuzen

why dont you just download the buildroot and compile it for mips. you will get (mips-linux-)gdb once you are done compiling it, then you can easily use it with gdbserver on mips.

you can get buildroot at : http://buildroot.uclibc.org/

it is quite simple to configure it, has make menuconfig facility that you can use to tune the features you want, in your case, it looks like you are doing it mainly for gdb, so it should not even take that long.

Hi Shishir,
I will use your advice and compile gdb for MIPS according your link.
Thank you for the help & explanation ^_^
Neuzen