>>>>> "jeff" == Jeff Baitis <baitisj@evolution.com> writes: Hi perhaps don't help, but try using 57600 bauds. Some chipsets don't like 115200 bauds. I have never used gdb on MIPS, but at least on intel, you need run a program in your MIPS board (in intel it is gdbstart called). Later, Juan. jeff> Hi all: jeff> I've been trying to get a kernel debugger running on my AMD DBAu1500. It boots jeff> up over a serial console. I enable "Remote GDB kernel debugging," and "Console jeff> output to GDB." jeff> Here's what I tell YAMON to do: jeff> go . gdb gdbttyS=0 gdbbaud=115200 jeff> And on my x86 machine, I: jeff> stty ispeed 115200 ospeed 115200 < /dev/ttyS1 jeff> /opt/hardhat/devkit/mips/fp_le/bin/mips_fp_le-gdb vmlinux jeff> (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS1 jeff> GDB seems not to communicate. Here's what it says: jeff> Ignoring packet error, continuing... jeff> Ignoring packet error, continuing... jeff> Ignoring packet error, continuing... jeff> Couldn't establish connection to remote target jeff> Malformed response to offset query, timeout jeff> Suggestions? jeff> Thanks in advance! -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy