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boot-qemu.sh: Add the ability to debug with GDB #5

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions boot-qemu-help.txt
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Optional parameters:
-d | --debug:
Invokes 'set -x' for debugging the script.

-g | --gdb:
Add '-s -S' to the QEMU invocation to allow debugging via GDB.

-h | --help:
Prints this message then exits.

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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions boot-qemu.sh
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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function parse_parameters() {
-d|--debug)
set -x ;;

-g|--gdb)
GDB=true
INTERACTIVE=true ;;

-h|--help)
echo
cat "${BASE}"/boot-qemu-help.txt
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# Invoke QEMU
function invoke_qemu() {
${INTERACTIVE} || QEMU=( timeout "${TIMEOUT:=3m}" unbuffer "${QEMU[@]}" )
if ${GDB:=false}; then
# Print message in bold green
printf '\033[01;32m'
echo
echo "Starting QEMU with GDB connection on port 1234..."
echo
echo "Use:"
echo
printf '\ttarget remote :1234\n'
echo
echo "to connect"
echo
printf '\033[0m'
QEMU=( "${QEMU[@]}" -s -S )

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I'm playing with this now; does this just fallthrough and execute qemu below?

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ah, I see, it sets the arg, then executes below. got it.

fi

set -x
"${QEMU[@]}" \
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