Offer an option to build the gdbserver statically. This helps in case of debugging shared library loading.

config/debug/gdb.in

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ config GDB_CROSS
     help
       Build and install a cross-gdb for the target, and to run on host.
 
+config GDB_CROSS_STATIC_GDBSERVER
+    bool
+    prompt "Build a static gdbserver"
+    default n
+    depends on GDB_CROSS
+    help
+      In case you have trouble with dynamic loading of shared libraries,
+      you will find that a static gdbserver comes in handy.
+
 config GDB_NATIVE
     bool
     prompt "Native gdb (EXPERIMENTAL)"

scripts/build/debug/gdb.sh

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ do_debug_gdb_build() {
         # Bah, GNU folks strike again... :-(
         chmod +x "${gdb_src_dir}/gdb/gdbserver/configure"
 
+        gdbserver_LDFLAGS=
+        if [ "${CT_GDB_CROSS_STATIC_GDBSERVER}" = "y" ]; then
+            gdbserver_LDFLAGS=-static
+        fi
+
+        LDFLAGS="${gdbserver_LDFLAGS}"                  \
         "${gdb_src_dir}/gdb/gdbserver/configure"        \
             --build=${CT_BUILD}                         \
             --host=${CT_TARGET}                         \