[fpc-devel] avr-gdb and dwarf 3

[Christo Crause]

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 1:02 PM Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis via fpc-devel <
fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:

>    AFAIU, you build the AVR RTL with dwarf 3 ( doesn't support dwarf 2 )
> if you want RTL debugging information. But, the avr-gdb ( at least the
> latest 3.5.4.1709 from Microchip ( Atmel ) ) supports only dwarf 2.
>
>    How can I debug the RTL ?
>

There are more recent versions on Microchip's website (3.6.2:
https://www.microchip.com/mplab/avr-support/avr-and-arm-toolchains-c-compilers
scroll down page). But even this has an old version of avr-gdb (7.8).
Probably better to compile an 8.x version of gdb with this patch:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2016-03/msg00318.html.
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