gdbserve.nlm is a control program for NetWare systems, which
allows you to connect your program with a remote GDB via
target remote.
GDB and gdbserve.nlm communicate via a serial line,
using the standard GDB remote serial protocol.
On the target machine,
you need to have a copy of the program you want to debug.
gdbserve.nlm does not need your program's symbol table, so you
can strip the program if necessary to save space. GDB on the
host system does all the symbol handling.
To use the server, you must tell it how to communicate with
GDB; the name of your program; and the arguments for your
program. The syntax is:
you need an unstripped copy of your program, since GDB needs
symbols and debugging information. Start up GDB as usual,
using the name of the local copy of your program as the first argument.
(You may also need the `--baud' option if the serial line is
running at anything other than 9600bps. After that, use target
remote to establish communications with gdbserve.nlm. Its
argument is a device name (usually a serial device, like
`/dev/ttyb'). For example:
(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyb
communications with the server via serial line `/dev/ttyb'.