Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> writes: > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 03:17:28PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: >> >> Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> writes: >> >> > The scripts/qemu-gdb.py file is not easily discoverable. Add a .gdbinit >> > file so GDB either loads qemu-gdb.py automatically or prints a message >> > informing the user how to enable them (some systems disable ./.gdbinit >> > loading for security reasons). >> > >> > Suggested-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> >> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> >> > --- >> > .gdbinit | 8 ++++++++ >> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) >> > create mode 100644 .gdbinit >> > >> > diff --git a/.gdbinit b/.gdbinit >> > new file mode 100644 >> > index 0000000..9d322fc >> > --- /dev/null >> > +++ b/.gdbinit >> > @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ >> > +# GDB may have ./.gdbinit loading disabled by default. In that case you >> > can >> > +# follow the instructions it prints. They boil down to adding the >> > following to >> > +# your home directory's ~/.gdbinit file: >> > +# >> > +# add-auto-load-safe-path /path/to/qemu/.gdbinit >> > + >> > +# Load QEMU-specific sub-commands and settings >> > +source scripts/qemu-gdb.py >> >> While this works well enough you might as well just comment the helper >> script itself. > > People don't know scripts/qemu-gdb.py exists so adding a comment there > doesn't help. > >> Would this script take precedence over a users ~/.gdbinit? > > All gdbinit files are loaded. The order in which they are loaded is: > > 1. System-wide > 2. Home directory > 3. Current directory > > https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Startup.html#Startup > >> How would it work for out-of-tree builds? > > ./.gdbinit assumes your current working directory is the root of the > QEMU source tree. If gdb is launched outside this directory then > nothing will happen (e.g. from arm-softmmu/ or from an out-of-tree > build). > > I'm not sure if there is a simple way of making ./.gdbinit work from > out-of-tree build directories.
Worth a try: ln -s $(SRC_PATH)/.gdbinit If it works, we could have make create the link automatically. [...]
