Hi Juergen

> ("Computer! Find the bugs in my app right now!"?) ;)

hehehe, I wish it was this simple.

The debugging helper enables the viewing of complex objects in the IDE (Qt Creator in my case). so when gdbserver is started on the target, the IDE then starts gdb on the host and the to communicate with each other. As soon as a break point is reached, the variable types and values are displayed using a debug helper. from what I could gather, this helper is either python or normal c++.

> Please keep always in mind the difference between your target and your host. Most of the time, only the small gdbserver runs >on your target and the main full blown/featured debugger on your host.

this is also how I understand it, all the helper does is "Indetify" the types and its values, then you dont have to guess what the content of the variable or objects are.

Maybe I'm missing something, but this makes sense to me. :)

Thanks for the reply and any further help.

Regards

Ruben

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Juergen Beisert <jbe@pengutronix.de> wrote:

Hi Ruben,

Ruben Louw wrote:
> Does anyone know which debugging helper gdb uses? Could it be python?

What is a 'debugging helper'??? .oO("Computer! Find the bugs in my app right
now!"?) ;)

> if so, I'd probably have to add it when I build my BSP, is this right?

Please keep always in mind the difference between your target and your host.
Most of the time, only the small gdbserver runs on your target and the main
full blown/featured debugger on your host.

Regards,
Juergen

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