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Debugging Programs That Use Overlays
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   If your program is too large to fit completely in your target
system's memory, you can sometimes use "overlays" to work around this
problem.  GDB provides some support for debugging programs that use
overlays.

How Overlays Work

A general explanation of overlays.

Overlay Commands

Managing overlays in GDB.

Automatic Overlay Debugging

GDB can find out which overlays are

mapped by asking the inferior.

Overlay Sample Program

A sample program using overlays.