decladebug/udp

Digital Debugger

Description

Decladebug is a source code debugger targetted at debugging software on the local machine or a remote Digital Unix box. Communication between the Decladebug client and Decladebug server requires a protocol - that protocol is processor independent. A complex debugger runs on the client and a simple debug server runs on the server side.

Protocol

The protocol is a request/response protocol - the client sends requests which are answered, the server never offers unsolicited messages. Typical requests include set breakpoint, read memory range, and set registers.

Notes

The advantage of Decladebug over other remote debug protocols is that it supports 64 bit debugging. The reason for using a remote debug protocol is to separate the systems issues from the software issues.

Implementations

There is one implementation, available from Dec. Documentation is comes with the Digital Unix distribution(formerly known as OSF/1).

RFCs

Reference Person

Anthony Berent berent@rdgeng.enet.dec.com
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