[lldb][lldb-vscode] Add example configuration for connecting to a remote gdbserver #68866
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…ote gdbserver This can be used to have VS Code debug various emulators, remote systems, hardware probes, etc. In my case I was doing this for the Gameboy Advance, https://github.com/stuij/gba-llvm-devkit/blob/main/docs/Debugging.md#debugging-using-visual-studio-code. It's not very complex if you know LLDB well, but when using another plugin, CodeLLDB, I was very glad that they had an example for it. So we should have one too.
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@llvm/pr-subscribers-lldb Author: David Spickett (DavidSpickett) ChangesThis can be used to have VS Code debug various emulators, remote systems, hardware probes, etc. In my case I was doing this for the Gameboy Advance, https://github.com/stuij/gba-llvm-devkit/blob/main/docs/Debugging.md#debugging-using-visual-studio-code. It's not very complex if you know LLDB well, but when using another plugin, CodeLLDB, I was very glad that they had an example for it. So we should have one too. Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/68866.diff 1 Files Affected:
diff --git a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md
index 6f930293126d53e..e5104adfda07942 100644
--- a/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md
+++ b/lldb/tools/lldb-vscode/README.md
@@ -212,6 +212,21 @@ This loads the coredump file `/cores/123.core` associated with the program
}
```
+### Connect to a Remote Debug Server
+
+This connects to a debug server (e.g. `lldb-server`, `gdbserver`) that is
+debugging the program `/tmp/a.out` and listening locally on port `2345`.
+
+```javascript
+{
+ "name": "Remote Debug Server",
+ "type": "lldb-vscode",
+ "request": "launch",
+ "program": "/tmp/a.out",
+ "launchCommands": ["gdb-remote 2345"],
+}
+```
+
# Custom debugger commands
The `lldb-vscode` tool includes additional custom commands to support the Debug
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…ote gdbserver (llvm#68866) This can be used to have VS Code debug various emulators, remote systems, hardware probes, etc. In my case I was doing this for the Gameboy Advance, https://github.com/stuij/gba-llvm-devkit/blob/main/docs/Debugging.md#debugging-using-visual-studio-code. It's not very complex if you know LLDB well, but when using another plugin, CodeLLDB, I was very glad that they had an example for it. So we should have one too. (cherry picked from commit 4606712)
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This can be used to have VS Code debug various emulators, remote systems, hardware probes, etc.
In my case I was doing this for the Gameboy Advance, https://github.com/stuij/gba-llvm-devkit/blob/main/docs/Debugging.md#debugging-using-visual-studio-code.
It's not very complex if you know LLDB well, but when using another plugin, CodeLLDB, I was very glad that they had an example for it. So we should have one too.