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Chapter 12
GNU Debugger
This chapter describes the general usage of the Xilinx GNU debugger for MicroBlaze and 
PowerPC. The chapter contains the following sections.
x “Overview”
x “Tool Usage”
x “Tool Options”
x “MicroBlaze GDB Targets”
x “PowerPC Targets”
x “GDB Command Reference”
Overview
GDB is a powerful yet flexible tool which provides a unified interface for 
debugging/verifying MicroBlaze and PowerPC systems during various development 
phases.










