GDB Internals

This document documents the internals of the GNU debugger, GDB. It includes description of GDB's key algorithms and operations, as well as the mechanisms that adapt GDB to specific hosts and targets.

1. Requirements

2. Overall Structure

3. Algorithms

4. User Interface

5. libgdb

6. Symbol Handling

7. Language Support

8. Host Definition

9. Target Architecture Definition

10. Target Descriptions

11. Target Vector Definition

12. Native Debugging

13. Support Libraries

14. Coding

15. Porting GDB

16. Versions and Branches

17. Start of New Year Procedure

18. Releasing GDB

19. Testsuite

20. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers

B. GNU Free Documentation License    The license for this documentation

Index

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1. Requirements
2. Overall Structure
3. Algorithms
4. User Interface
5. libgdb
6. Symbol Handling
7. Language Support
8. Host Definition
9. Target Architecture Definition
10. Target Descriptions
11. Target Vector Definition
12. Native Debugging
13. Support Libraries
14. Coding
15. Porting GDB
16. Versions and Branches
17. Start of New Year Procedure
18. Releasing GDB
19. Testsuite
20. Hints

A. GDB Currently available observers
B. GNU Free Documentation License		The license for this documentation
Index