Cross GDB and core files

[Peter Barada]

>I'm trying to get gdb compiled with host of 386-linux and target of
>ppc-linux, mostly for debugging core files.  The ppc_8xx-gdb that came with
>hardhat doesn't work, when I run it on a core file I get:
>
>And if I try to build gdb from scratch using
>"./configure --target=ppc-linux" I get a cross gdb that has no clue how to
>read PPC ELF core files.

I've had luck building gdb-5.0 for powerpc-linux and used it to
debug a PPC linux kernel via a serial port, as well as use it (in
conjunction with gdbserver) to debug application code over the
network.  I used the following to configure:

../gdb-5.0/configure --target=powerpc-linux

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