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+#
+# \brief  Test for using the GDB monitor
+# \author Christian Prochaska
+# \author Norman Feske
+# \date   2011-05-24
+#
+
+#
+# Build
+#
+
+build {
+	core init
+	drivers/timer drivers/uart
+	app/gdb_monitor
+	test/gdb_monitor
+}
+
+create_boot_directory
+
+#
+# Generate config
+#
+
+set config {
+<config verbose="yes">
+	<parent-provides>
+		<service name="ROM"/>
+		<service name="RAM"/>
+		<service name="IRQ"/>
+		<service name="IO_MEM"/>
+		<service name="IO_PORT"/>
+		<service name="CAP"/>
+		<service name="PD"/>
+		<service name="RM"/>
+		<service name="CPU"/>
+		<service name="LOG"/>
+		<service name="SIGNAL"/>
+	</parent-provides>
+	<default-route>
+		<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
+	</default-route>
+	<start name="timer">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="512K"/>
+		<provides> <service name="Timer"/> </provides>
+	</start>
+	<start name="uart_drv">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="1M"/>
+		<provides> <service name="Terminal"/> </provides>
+		<config>
+			<policy label="gdb_monitor" uart="1"/>
+		</config>
+	</start>
+	<start name="gdb_monitor">
+		<resource name="RAM" quantum="4M"/>
+		<config> <target name="test-gdb_monitor" /> </config>
+	</start>
+</config>
+}
+
+install_config $config
+
+#
+# Boot modules
+#
+
+# generic modules
+set boot_modules {
+	core init timer
+	ld.lib.so libc.lib.so libc_log.lib.so libc_lock_pipe.lib.so libc_terminal.lib.so
+	uart_drv
+	gdb_monitor test-gdb_monitor
+}
+
+build_boot_image $boot_modules
+
+#
+# Execute test case
+#
+#
+set local_port 5555
+
+# qemu config
+append qemu_args " -m 128 -nographic "
+
+# connect comport 0 to stdio
+append qemu_args " -serial mon:stdio "
+
+# connect comport 1 with TCP port $local_port
+append qemu_args " -serial chardev:uart "
+append qemu_args " -chardev socket,id=uart,port=$local_port,host=localhost,server,nowait "
+
+run_genode_until {.*Remote debugging using /dev/terminal.*} 30
+
+puts "GDB monitor is up, starting GDB in a new terminal"
+
+# sequence of GDB commands to execute at startup
+set gdb_cmds ""
+append gdb_cmds "-ex \"target remote localhost:$local_port\" "
+
+#
+# The test breaks into the 'main()' function of the dynamically linked test
+# application by using the following gdb command sequence. It's important that
+# the 'main()' breakpoint gets set before the 'sharedlibrary' command is
+# executed. Otherwise the breakpoint would get set in ld.lib.so's main()
+# function.
+#
+
+# don't ask for y/n when loading a new symbol file
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "set interactive-mode off" }
+
+# load the symbols of ld.lib.so
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "symbol-file bin/ld.lib.so" }
+
+# set a breakpoint in the 'call_main()' function
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "b call_main" }
+
+# continue execution until the breakpoint triggers
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "c" }
+
+# delete the 'call_main()' breakpoint
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "delete 1" }
+
+# load the symbols of the test application
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "symbol-file bin/test-gdb_monitor" }
+
+# set a breakpoint in the application's 'main()' function
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "b main" }
+
+# load the symbols of loaded shared libraries
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "sharedlibrary" }
+
+# continue execution until the breakpoint triggers
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "c" }
+
+# delete the 'main()' breakpoint
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "delete 2" }
+
+# ask the user for confirmations again
+append gdb_cmds {-ex "set interactive-mode auto" }
+
+puts "command: [gdb] bin/test-gdb_monitor $gdb_cmds"
+
+exec [terminal] -e "[gdb] bin/test-gdb_monitor $gdb_cmds" &
+
+interact
+
+# vi: set ft=tcl :