If you write code for Linux systems, chances are you will have used the venerable GNU Debugger (GDB). Acting as a back end for many GUIs and the interface to various JTAG debugging tools in the ...

Being able to track down a bug in a mountain of source code is a skill in its own right, and it’s a hard skill to learn from a book or online tutorial. Besides the trial-by-fire of learning while ...

I'm working on a homework (im not looking for answers) where we have been given an exe w/ several hidden chunks of data that we need to retrieve (no source code). This is the bomb homework from ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

The third installs a version of the gdb debugging tool that works with target systems regardless of the processor architecture. Make a note somewhere of the ARM architecture designation, ...

Debugging is definitely an art but, there are many brushes that can be used when painting an application. This book takes a look at three of the most used alternatives in embedded applications. These ...

Eclipse* with ADT plugin and CDT, all part of the ADT bundle, support the Android* NDK quite well. You can even use gdb integration to debug your native code. This screencast describes step-by-step ...

Tap-Hat is a multi-purpose JTAG debugger board for those developing software to run on Raspberry Pi: RTOSs, Linux and bare-metal code in particular. Photo of prototype As well as this, the board can ...

When you write programs in user space, the worst thing that can happen to your program is a core dump. Your program did something very wrong, so the operating system decided to give you all of its ...