Intel® System Debugger - System Debug User and Reference Guide

User and Reference Guide

  • 2020
  • 07/29/2020
  • Public Content
Contents

Unable to Load Symbols from the .elf Binary File

Cause
The
.elf
 file does not contain debug symbols.
Solution
First, you should analyze the
.elf
 file to determine if the suggested cause is true in your case. To do analyze the file, you can use the
readelf
 tool, which is a part of GNU* development utilities:
  1. Check the individual file information by running the following command:
    
readelf -a <filename>
    In the command output, check if the
    .debug_str
     and
    .debug_info
     sections are present.
  2. Dump the
    .debug_str
     header and identify the memory address of the function you want to debug by running the following command:
    
readelf --string-dump=.debug_str <elf_file>
Important
Make sure the system instruction pointer refers to the same memory address as defined in the output above.
If debug symbols are indeed missing in the
.elf
 file, refer to the documentation for your toolchain and find how to enable debug symbols.

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