gdbserver and cross-debugging on x86_64

gdbserver and cross-debugging on x86_64

[Travis Newhouse]

Hi.  Can anyone tell me whether there are known issues running
gdbserver on an x86_64 machine and cross-debugging with gdb 6.3?
The problem that I am seeing is that continuing or stepping
after a breakpoint stops on every line/instruction with a SIGTRAP.

The target platform is running dual AMD Opteron 64-bit processors
and Linux 2.6.9 kernel.  I am compiling with a crosstool-compiled
toolchain using gcc 3.4.1 and glibc 2.3.3.

I have included below a transcript of a sample session.  On the
target machine, the program to debug was started with:
  gdbserver ralph:7766 foo-64

Thanks for any insight,
Travis


$ /opt/tools/x86_64/gdb/x86_64-opteron-linux-gnu/bin/x86_64-opteron-linux-gnu-gdb /tmp/foo-64
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This GDB was configured as "--host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-opteron-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) target remote ralph:7766
Remote debugging using ralph:7766
0x0000002a95556c60 in ?? ()
(gdb) break add
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400472: file /tmp/foo.c, line 4.
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Breakpoint 1, add (a=5, b=7) at /tmp/foo.c:4
4           i = a + b;
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
0x0000000000400478 in add (a=5, b=7) at /tmp/foo.c:4
4           i = a + b;
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
add (a=5, b=7) at /tmp/foo.c:5
5           return i;
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
add (a=5, b=7) at /tmp/foo.c:6
6       }
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
0x000000000040047f in add (a=5, b=7) at /tmp/foo.c:6
6       }
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
0x00000000004004a1 in main () at /tmp/foo.c:13
13          z = add(x,y);
(gdb) cont
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
main () at /tmp/foo.c:14
14          return 0;