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:
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.
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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