GDB stub

Overview

The gdbstub feature provides an implementation of the GDB Remote Serial Protocol (RSP) that allows you to remotely debug Zephyr using GDB.

The protocol supports different connection types: serial, UDP/IP and TCP/IP. Zephyr currently supports only serial device communication.

The GDB program acts as the client while Zephyr acts as the server. When this feature is enabled, Zephyr stops its execution after gdb_init() starts gdbstub service and waits for a GDB connection. Once a connection is established it is possible to synchronously interact with Zephyr. Note that currently it is not possible to asynchronously send commands to the target.

Enable this feature with the CONFIG_GDBSTUB option.

Features

The following features are supported:

• Add and remove breakpoints

• Continue and step the target

• Print backtrace

• Read or write general registers

• Read or write the memory