Debugging with GDB

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Communication protocol

The stub files provided with GDB implement the target side of the communication protocol, and the GDB side is implemented in the GDB source file `remote.c'. Normally, you can simply allow these subroutines to communicate, and ignore the details. (If you're implementing your own stub file, you can still ignore the details: start with one of the existing stub files. `sparc-stub.c' is the best organized, and therefore the easiest to read.)

However, there may be occasions when you need to know something about the protocol--for example, if there is only one serial port to your target machine, you might want your program to do something special if it recognizes a packet meant for GDB.

In the examples below, `<-' and `->' are used to indicate transmitted and received data respectfully.

All GDB commands and responses (other than acknowledgments) are sent as a packet. A packet is introduced with the character `$', the actual packet-data, and the terminating character `#' followed by a two-digit checksum:

$packet-data#checksum

The two-digit checksum is computed as the modulo 256 sum of all characters between the leading `$' and the trailing `#' (an eight bit unsigned checksum).

Implementors should note that prior to GDB 5.0 the protocol specification also included an optional two-digit sequence-id:

$sequence-id:packet-data#checksum

That sequence-id was appended to the acknowledgment. GDB has never output sequence-ids. Stubs that handle packets added since GDB 5.0 must not accept sequence-id.

When either the host or the target machine receives a packet, the first response expected is an acknowledgment: either `+' (to indicate the package was received correctly) or `-' (to request retransmission):

<- $packet-data#checksum
-> +

The host (GDB) sends commands, and the target (the debugging stub incorporated in your program) sends a response. In the case of step and continue commands, the response is only sent when the operation has completed (the target has again stopped).

packet-data consists of a sequence of characters with the exception of `#' and `$' (see `X' packet for additional exceptions).

Fields within the packet should be separated using `,' `;' or `:'. Except where otherwise noted all numbers are represented in HEX with leading zeros suppressed.

Implementors should note that prior to GDB 5.0, the character `:' could not appear as the third character in a packet (as it would potentially conflict with the sequence-id).

Response data can be run-length encoded to save space. A `*' means that the next character is an ASCII encoding giving a repeat count which stands for that many repetitions of the character preceding the `*'. The encoding is n+29, yielding a printable character where n >=3 (which is where rle starts to win). The printable characters `$', `#', `+' and `-' or with a numeric value greater than 126 should not be used.

Some remote systems have used a different run-length encoding mechanism loosely refered to as the cisco encoding. Following the `*' character are two hex digits that indicate the size of the packet.

So:

"0* "

means the same as "0000".

The error response returned for some packets includes a two character error number. That number is not well defined.

For any command not supported by the stub, an empty response (`$#00') should be returned. That way it is possible to extend the protocol. A newer GDB can tell if a packet is supported based on that response.

A stub is required to support the `g', `G', `m', `M', `c', and `s' commands. All other commands are optional.

Below is a complete list of all currently defined commands and their corresponding response data:

Packet Request Description

extended mode ! Enable extended mode. In extended mode, the remote server is made persistent. The `R' packet is used to restart the program being debugged.

reply `OK' The remote target both supports and has enabled extended mode.

last signal ? Indicate the reason the target halted. The reply is the same as for step and continue.

reply see below

reserved a Reserved for future use

set program arguments (reserved) Aarglen,argnum,arg,...

Initialized `argv[]' array passed into program. arglen specifies the number of bytes in the hex encoded byte stream arg. See `gdbserver' for more details.

reply OK

reply ENN

set baud (deprecated) bbaud Change the serial line speed to baud. JTC: When does the transport layer state change? When it's received, or after the ACK is transmitted. In either case, there are problems if the command or the acknowledgment packet is dropped. Stan: If people really wanted to add something like this, and get it working for the first time, they ought to modify ser-unix.c to send some kind of out-of-band message to a specially-setup stub and have the switch happen "in between" packets, so that from remote protocol's point of view, nothing actually happened.

set breakpoint (deprecated) Baddr,mode Set (mode is `S') or clear (mode is `C') a breakpoint at addr. This has been replaced by the `Z' and `z' packets.

continue caddr addr is address to resume. If addr is omitted, resume at current address.

reply see below

continue with signal Csig;addr Continue with signal sig (hex signal number). If ;addr is omitted, resume at same address.

reply see below

toggle debug (deprecated) d toggle debug flag.

detach D Detach GDB from the remote system. Sent to the remote target before GDB disconnects.

reply no response GDB does not check for any response after sending this packet.

reserved e Reserved for future use

reserved E Reserved for future use

reserved f Reserved for future use

reserved F Reserved for future use

read registers g Read general registers.

reply XX... Each byte of register data is described by two hex digits. The bytes with the register are transmitted in target byte order. The size of each register and their position within the `g' packet are determined by the GDB internal macros REGISTER_RAW_SIZE and REGISTER_NAME macros. The specification of several standard g packets is specified below.

ENN for an error.

write regs GXX... See `g' for a description of the XX... data.

reply OK for success

reply ENN for an error

reserved h Reserved for future use

set thread Hct... Set thread for subsequent operations (`m', `M', `g', `G', et.al.). c = `c' for thread used in step and continue; t... can be -1 for all threads. c = `g' for thread used in other operations. If zero, pick a thread, any thread.

reply OK for success

reply ENN for an error

cycle step (draft) iaddr,nnn Step the remote target by a single clock cycle. If ,nnn is present, cycle step nnn cycles. If addr is present, cycle step starting at that address.

signal then cycle step (reserved) I See `i' and `S' for likely syntax and semantics.

reserved j Reserved for future use

reserved J Reserved for future use

kill request k FIXME: There is no description of how operate when a specific thread context has been selected (ie. does 'k' kill only that thread?).

reserved l Reserved for future use

reserved L Reserved for future use

read memory maddr,length Read length bytes of memory starting at address addr. Neither GDB nor the stub assume that sized memory transfers are assumed using word alligned accesses. FIXME: A word aligned memory transfer mechanism is needed.

reply XX... XX... is mem contents. Can be fewer bytes than requested if able to read only part of the data. Neither GDB nor the stub assume that sized memory transfers are assumed using word alligned accesses. FIXME: A word aligned memory transfer mechanism is needed.

reply ENN NN is errno

write mem Maddr,length:XX... Write length bytes of memory starting at address addr. XX... is the data.

reply OK for success

reply ENN for an error (this includes the case where only part of the data was written).

reserved n Reserved for future use

reserved N Reserved for future use

reserved o Reserved for future use

reserved O Reserved for future use

read reg (reserved) pn... See write register.

return r.... The hex encoded value of the register in target byte order.

write reg Pn...=r... Write register n... with value r..., which contains two hex digits for each byte in the register (target byte order).

reply OK for success

reply ENN for an error

general query qquery Request info about query. In general GDB queries have a leading upper case letter. Custom vendor queries should use a company prefix (in lower case) ex: `qfsf.var'. query may optionally be followed by a `,' or `;' separated list. Stubs must ensure that they match the full query name.

reply XX... Hex encoded data from query. The reply can not be empty.

reply ENN error reply

reply `' Indicating an unrecognized query.

general set Qvar=val Set value of var to val. See `q' for a discussing of naming conventions.

reset (deprecated) r Reset the entire system.

remote restart RXX Restart the program being debugged. XX, while needed, is ignored. This packet is only available in extended mode.

no reply The `R' packet has no reply.

step saddr addr is address to resume. If addr is omitted, resume at same address.

reply see below

step with signal Ssig;addr Like `C' but step not continue.

reply see below

search taddr:PP,MM Search backwards starting at address addr for a match with pattern PP and mask MM. PP and MM are 4 bytes. addr must be at least 3 digits.

thread alive TXX Find out if the thread XX is alive.

reply OK thread is still alive

reply ENN thread is dead

reserved u Reserved for future use

reserved U Reserved for future use

reserved v Reserved for future use

reserved V Reserved for future use

reserved w Reserved for future use

reserved W Reserved for future use

reserved x Reserved for future use

write mem (binary) Xaddr,length:XX... addr is address, length is number of bytes, XX... is binary data. The characters $, #, and 0x7d are escaped using 0x7d.

reply OK for success

reply ENN for an error

reserved y Reserved for future use

reserved Y Reserved for future use

remove break or watchpoint (draft) zt,addr,length See `Z'.

insert break or watchpoint (draft) Zt,addr,length t is type: `0' - software breakpoint, `1' - hardware breakpoint, `2' - write watchpoint, `3' - read watchpoint, `4' - access watchpoint; addr is address; length is in bytes. For a software breakpoint, length specifies the size of the instruction to be patched. For hardware breakpoints and watchpoints length specifies the memory region to be monitored. To avoid potential problems with duplicate packets, the operations should be implemented in an idempotent way.

reply ENN for an error

reply OK for success

`' If not supported.

reserved <other> Reserved for future use

The `C', `c', `S', `s' and `?' packets can receive any of the below as a reply. In the case of the `C', `c', `S' and `s' packets, that reply is only returned when the target halts. In the below the exact meaning of `signal number' is poorly defined. In general one of the UNIX signal numbering conventions is used.

SAA AA is the signal number

TAAn...:r...;n...:r...;n...:r...; AA = two hex digit signal number; n... = register number (hex), r... = target byte ordered register contents, size defined by REGISTER_RAW_SIZE; n... = `thread', r... = thread process ID, this is a hex integer; n... = other string not starting with valid hex digit. GDB should ignore this n..., r... pair and go on to the next. This way we can extend the protocol.

WAA The process exited, and AA is the exit status. This is only applicable for certains sorts of targets.

XAA The process terminated with signal AA.

NAA;t...;d...;b... (obsolete) AA = signal number; t... = address of symbol "_start"; d... = base of data section; b... = base of bss section. Note: only used by Cisco Systems targets. The difference between this reply and the "qOffsets" query is that the 'N' packet may arrive spontaneously whereas the 'qOffsets' is a query initiated by the host debugger.

OXX... XX... is hex encoding of ASCII data. This can happen at any time while the program is running and the debugger should continue to wait for 'W', 'T', etc.

The following set and query packets have already been defined.

current thread qC Return the current thread id.

reply QCpid Where pid is a HEX encoded 16 bit process id.

reply * Any other reply implies the old pid.

all thread ids qfThreadInfo

qsThreadInfo Obtain a list of active thread ids from the target (OS). Since there may be too many active threads to fit into one reply packet, this query works iteratively: it may require more than one query/reply sequence to obtain the entire list of threads. The first query of the sequence will be the qfThreadInfo query; subsequent queries in the sequence will be the qsThreadInfo query.

NOTE: replaces the qL query (see below).

reply m<id> A single thread id

reply m<id>,<id>... a comma-separated list of thread ids

reply l (lower case 'el') denotes end of list.

In response to each query, the target will reply with a list of one or more thread ids, in big-endian hex, separated by commas. GDB will respond to each reply with a request for more thread ids (using the qs form of the query), until the target responds with l (lower-case el, for 'last').

extra thread info qThreadExtraInfo,id

Where <id> is a thread-id in big-endian hex. Obtain a printable string description of a thread's attributes from the target OS. This string may contain anything that the target OS thinks is interesting for GDB to tell the user about the thread. The string is displayed in GDB's `info threads' display. Some examples of possible thread extra info strings are "Runnable", or "Blocked on Mutex".

reply XX... Where XX... is a hex encoding of ASCII data, comprising the printable string containing the extra information about the thread's attributes.

query LIST or threadLIST (deprecated) qLstartflagthreadcountnextthread

Obtain thread information from RTOS. Where: startflag (one hex digit) is one to indicate the first query and zero to indicate a subsequent query; threadcount (two hex digits) is the maximum number of threads the response packet can contain; and nextthread (eight hex digits), for subsequent queries (startflag is zero), is returned in the response as argthread.

NOTE: this query is replaced by the qfThreadInfo query (see above).

reply qMcountdoneargthreadthread...

Where: count (two hex digits) is the number of threads being returned; done (one hex digit) is zero to indicate more threads and one indicates no further threads; argthreadid (eight hex digits) is nextthread from the request packet; thread... is a sequence of thread IDs from the target. threadid (eight hex digits). See remote.c:parse_threadlist_response().

compute CRC of memory block qCRC:addr,length

reply ENN An error (such as memory fault)

reply CCRC32 A 32 bit cyclic redundancy check of the specified memory region.

query sect offs qOffsets Get section offsets that the target used when re-locating the downloaded image. Note: while a Bss offset is included in the response, GDB ignores this and instead applies the Data offset to the Bss section.

reply Text=xxx;Data=yyy;Bss=zzz

thread info request qPmodethreadid

Returns information on threadid. Where: mode is a hex encoded 32 bit mode; threadid is a hex encoded 64 bit thread ID.

reply * See remote.c:remote_unpack_thread_info_response().

remote command qRcmd,COMMAND

COMMAND (hex encoded) is passed to the local interpreter for execution. Invalid commands should be reported using the output string. Before the final result packet, the target may also respond with a number of intermediate OOUTPUT console output packets. Implementors should note that providing access to a stubs's interpreter may have security implications.

reply OK A command response with no output.

reply OUTPUT A command response with the hex encoded output string OUTPUT.

reply ENN Indicate a badly formed request.

reply `' When `q'`Rcmd' is not recognized.

symbol lookup qSymbol:: Notify the target that GDB is prepared to serve symbol lookup requests. Accept requests from the target for the values of symbols.

reply OK The target does not need to look up any (more) symbols.

reply qSymbol:sym_name The target requests the value of symbol sym_name (hex encoded). GDB may provide the value by using the qSymbol:sym_value:sym_name message, described below.

symbol value qSymbol:sym_value:sym_name Set the value of SYM_NAME to SYM_VALUE.

sym_name (hex encoded) is the name of a symbol whose value the target has previously requested.

sym_value (hex) is the value for symbol sym_name. If GDB cannot supply a value for sym_name, then this field will be empty.

reply OK The target does not need to look up any (more) symbols.

reply qSymbol:sym_name The target requests the value of a new symbol sym_name (hex encoded). GDB will continue to supply the values of symbols (if available), until the target ceases to request them.

The following `g'/`G' packets have previously been defined. In the below, some thirty-two bit registers are transferred as sixty-four bits. Those registers should be zero/sign extended (which?) to fill the space allocated. Register bytes are transfered in target byte order. The two nibbles within a register byte are transfered most-significant - least-significant.

MIPS32 All registers are transfered as thirty-two bit quantities in the order: 32 general-purpose; sr; lo; hi; bad; cause; pc; 32 floating-point registers; fsr; fir; fp.

MIPS64 All registers are transfered as sixty-four bit quantities (including thirty-two bit registers such as sr). The ordering is the same as MIPS32.

Example sequence of a target being re-started. Notice how the restart does not get any direct output:

<- R00
-> +
target restarts
<- ?
-> +
-> T001:1234123412341234
<- +

Example sequence of a target being stepped by a single instruction:

<- G1445...
-> +
<- s
-> +
time passes
-> T001:1234123412341234
<- +
<- g
-> +
-> 1455...
<- +

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Packet	Request	Description
extended mode	`!`	Enable extended mode. In extended mode, the remote server is made persistent. The `R' packet is used to restart the program being debugged.
	reply `OK'	The remote target both supports and has enabled extended mode.
last signal	`?`	Indicate the reason the target halted. The reply is the same as for step and continue.
	reply	see below
reserved	`a`	Reserved for future use
set program arguments (reserved)	`Aarglen,argnum,arg,...`
		Initialized `argv[]' array passed into program. `arglen` specifies the number of bytes in the hex encoded byte stream `arg`. See `gdbserver' for more details.
	reply `OK`
	reply `ENN`
set baud (deprecated)	`bbaud`	Change the serial line speed to `baud`. JTC: When does the transport layer state change? When it's received, or after the ACK is transmitted. In either case, there are problems if the command or the acknowledgment packet is dropped. Stan: If people really wanted to add something like this, and get it working for the first time, they ought to modify ser-unix.c to send some kind of out-of-band message to a specially-setup stub and have the switch happen "in between" packets, so that from remote protocol's point of view, nothing actually happened.
set breakpoint (deprecated)	`Baddr`,`mode`	Set (`mode` is `S') or clear (`mode` is `C') a breakpoint at `addr`. This has been replaced by the `Z' and `z' packets.
continue	`caddr`	`addr` is address to resume. If `addr` is omitted, resume at current address.
	reply	see below
continue with signal	`Csig;addr`	Continue with signal `sig` (hex signal number). If `;addr` is omitted, resume at same address.
	reply	see below
toggle debug (deprecated)	`d`	toggle debug flag.
detach	`D`	Detach GDB from the remote system. Sent to the remote target before GDB disconnects.
	reply no response	GDB does not check for any response after sending this packet.
reserved	`e`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`E`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`f`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`F`	Reserved for future use
read registers	`g`	Read general registers.
	reply `XX...`	Each byte of register data is described by two hex digits. The bytes with the register are transmitted in target byte order. The size of each register and their position within the `g' `packet` are determined by the GDB internal macros `REGISTER_RAW_SIZE` and `REGISTER_NAME` macros. The specification of several standard `g` packets is specified below.
	`ENN`	for an error.
write regs	`GXX...`	See `g' for a description of the `XX...` data.
	reply `OK`	for success
	reply `ENN`	for an error
reserved	`h`	Reserved for future use
set thread	`Hct...`	Set thread for subsequent operations (`m', `M', `g', `G', et.al.). `c` = `c' for thread used in step and continue; `t...` can be -1 for all threads. `c` = `g' for thread used in other operations. If zero, pick a thread, any thread.
	reply `OK`	for success
	reply `ENN`	for an error
cycle step (draft)	`iaddr,nnn`	Step the remote target by a single clock cycle. If `,nnn` is present, cycle step `nnn` cycles. If `addr` is present, cycle step starting at that address.
signal then cycle step (reserved)	`I`	See `i' and `S' for likely syntax and semantics.
reserved	`j`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`J`	Reserved for future use
kill request	`k`	FIXME: There is no description of how operate when a specific thread context has been selected (ie. does 'k' kill only that thread?).
reserved	`l`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`L`	Reserved for future use
read memory	`maddr,length`	Read `length` bytes of memory starting at address `addr`. Neither GDB nor the stub assume that sized memory transfers are assumed using word alligned accesses. FIXME: A word aligned memory transfer mechanism is needed.
	reply `XX...`	`XX...` is mem contents. Can be fewer bytes than requested if able to read only part of the data. Neither GDB nor the stub assume that sized memory transfers are assumed using word alligned accesses. FIXME: A word aligned memory transfer mechanism is needed.
	reply `ENN`	`NN` is errno
write mem	`Maddr`,`length:XX...`	Write `length` bytes of memory starting at address `addr`. `XX...` is the data.
	reply `OK`	for success
	reply `ENN`	for an error (this includes the case where only part of the data was written).
reserved	`n`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`N`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`o`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`O`	Reserved for future use
read reg (reserved)	`pn...`	See write register.
	return `r....`	The hex encoded value of the register in target byte order.
write reg	`Pn...=r...`	Write register `n...` with value `r...`, which contains two hex digits for each byte in the register (target byte order).
	reply `OK`	for success
	reply `ENN`	for an error
general query	`qquery`	Request info about `query`. In general GDB queries have a leading upper case letter. Custom vendor queries should use a company prefix (in lower case) ex: `qfsf.var'. `query` may optionally be followed by a `,' or `;' separated list. Stubs must ensure that they match the full `query` name.
	reply `XX...`	Hex encoded data from query. The reply can not be empty.
	reply `ENN`	error reply
	reply `'	Indicating an unrecognized `query`.
general set	`Qvar=val`	Set value of `var` to `val`. See `q' for a discussing of naming conventions.
reset (deprecated)	`r`	Reset the entire system.
remote restart	`RXX`	Restart the program being debugged. `XX`, while needed, is ignored. This packet is only available in extended mode.
	no reply	The `R' packet has no reply.
step	`saddr`	`addr` is address to resume. If `addr` is omitted, resume at same address.
	reply	see below
step with signal	`Ssig;addr`	Like `C' but step not continue.
	reply	see below
search	`taddr:PP,MM`	Search backwards starting at address `addr` for a match with pattern `PP` and mask `MM`. `PP` and `MM` are 4 bytes. `addr` must be at least 3 digits.
thread alive	`TXX`	Find out if the thread XX is alive.
	reply `OK`	thread is still alive
	reply `ENN`	thread is dead
reserved	`u`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`U`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`v`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`V`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`w`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`W`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`x`	Reserved for future use
write mem (binary)	`Xaddr,length:XX...`	`addr` is address, `length` is number of bytes, `XX...` is binary data. The characters `$`, `#`, and `0x7d` are escaped using `0x7d`.
	reply `OK`	for success
	reply `ENN`	for an error
reserved	`y`	Reserved for future use
reserved	`Y`	Reserved for future use
remove break or watchpoint (draft)	`zt,addr,length`	See `Z'.
insert break or watchpoint (draft)	`Zt,addr,length`	`t` is type: `0' - software breakpoint, `1' - hardware breakpoint, `2' - write watchpoint, `3' - read watchpoint, `4' - access watchpoint; `addr` is address; `length` is in bytes. For a software breakpoint, `length` specifies the size of the instruction to be patched. For hardware breakpoints and watchpoints `length` specifies the memory region to be monitored. To avoid potential problems with duplicate packets, the operations should be implemented in an idempotent way.
	reply `ENN`	for an error
	reply `OK`	for success
	`'	If not supported.
reserved	<other>	Reserved for future use

`SAA`	`AA` is the signal number
`TAAn...:r...;n...:r...;n...:r...;`	`AA` = two hex digit signal number; `n...` = register number (hex), `r...` = target byte ordered register contents, size defined by `REGISTER_RAW_SIZE`; `n...` = `thread', `r...` = thread process ID, this is a hex integer; `n...` = other string not starting with valid hex digit. GDB should ignore this `n...`, `r...` pair and go on to the next. This way we can extend the protocol.
`WAA`	The process exited, and `AA` is the exit status. This is only applicable for certains sorts of targets.
`XAA`	The process terminated with signal `AA`.
`NAA;t...;d...;b...` (obsolete)	`AA` = signal number; `t...` = address of symbol "_start"; `d...` = base of data section; `b...` = base of bss section. Note: only used by Cisco Systems targets. The difference between this reply and the "qOffsets" query is that the 'N' packet may arrive spontaneously whereas the 'qOffsets' is a query initiated by the host debugger.
`OXX...`	`XX...` is hex encoding of ASCII data. This can happen at any time while the program is running and the debugger should continue to wait for 'W', 'T', etc.

current thread	`qC`	Return the current thread id.
	reply `QCpid`	Where `pid` is a HEX encoded 16 bit process id.
	reply *	Any other reply implies the old pid.
all thread ids	`qfThreadInfo`
	`qsThreadInfo`	Obtain a list of active thread ids from the target (OS). Since there may be too many active threads to fit into one reply packet, this query works iteratively: it may require more than one query/reply sequence to obtain the entire list of threads. The first query of the sequence will be the `qfThreadInfo` query; subsequent queries in the sequence will be the `qsThreadInfo` query.
		NOTE: replaces the `qL` query (see below).
	reply `m<id>`	A single thread id
	reply `m<id>`,`<id>...`	a comma-separated list of thread ids
	reply `l`	(lower case 'el') denotes end of list.
		In response to each query, the target will reply with a list of one or more thread ids, in big-endian hex, separated by commas. GDB will respond to each reply with a request for more thread ids (using the `qs` form of the query), until the target responds with `l` (lower-case el, for `'last'`).
extra thread info	`qThreadExtraInfo,id`
		Where `<id>` is a thread-id in big-endian hex. Obtain a printable string description of a thread's attributes from the target OS. This string may contain anything that the target OS thinks is interesting for GDB to tell the user about the thread. The string is displayed in GDB's `info threads' display. Some examples of possible thread extra info strings are "Runnable", or "Blocked on Mutex".
	reply `XX...`	Where `XX...` is a hex encoding of ASCII data, comprising the printable string containing the extra information about the thread's attributes.
query `LIST` or `threadLIST` (deprecated)	`qLstartflagthreadcountnextthread`
		Obtain thread information from RTOS. Where: `startflag` (one hex digit) is one to indicate the first query and zero to indicate a subsequent query; `threadcount` (two hex digits) is the maximum number of threads the response packet can contain; and `nextthread` (eight hex digits), for subsequent queries (`startflag` is zero), is returned in the response as `argthread`.
		NOTE: this query is replaced by the `qfThreadInfo` query (see above).
	reply `qMcountdoneargthreadthread...`
		Where: `count` (two hex digits) is the number of threads being returned; `done` (one hex digit) is zero to indicate more threads and one indicates no further threads; `argthreadid` (eight hex digits) is `nextthread` from the request packet; `thread...` is a sequence of thread IDs from the target. `threadid` (eight hex digits). See `remote.c:parse_threadlist_response()`.
compute CRC of memory block	`qCRC:addr,length`
	reply `ENN`	An error (such as memory fault)
	reply `CCRC32`	A 32 bit cyclic redundancy check of the specified memory region.
query sect offs	`qOffsets`	Get section offsets that the target used when re-locating the downloaded image. Note: while a `Bss` offset is included in the response, GDB ignores this and instead applies the `Data` offset to the `Bss` section.
	reply `Text=xxx;Data=yyy;Bss=zzz`
thread info request	`qPmodethreadid`
		Returns information on `threadid`. Where: `mode` is a hex encoded 32 bit mode; `threadid` is a hex encoded 64 bit thread ID.
	reply *	See `remote.c:remote_unpack_thread_info_response()`.
remote command	`qRcmd,COMMAND`
		`COMMAND` (hex encoded) is passed to the local interpreter for execution. Invalid commands should be reported using the output string. Before the final result packet, the target may also respond with a number of intermediate `OOUTPUT` console output packets. Implementors should note that providing access to a stubs's interpreter may have security implications.
	reply `OK`	A command response with no output.
	reply `OUTPUT`	A command response with the hex encoded output string `OUTPUT`.
	reply `ENN`	Indicate a badly formed request.
	reply `'	When `q'`Rcmd' is not recognized.
symbol lookup	`qSymbol::`	Notify the target that GDB is prepared to serve symbol lookup requests. Accept requests from the target for the values of symbols.

	reply `OK`	The target does not need to look up any (more) symbols.
	reply `qSymbol:sym_name`	The target requests the value of symbol `sym_name` (hex encoded). GDB may provide the value by using the `qSymbol:sym_value`:`sym_name` message, described below.
symbol value	`qSymbol:sym_value`:`sym_name`	Set the value of SYM_NAME to SYM_VALUE.
		`sym_name` (hex encoded) is the name of a symbol whose value the target has previously requested.
		`sym_value` (hex) is the value for symbol `sym_name`. If GDB cannot supply a value for `sym_name`, then this field will be empty.
	reply `OK`	The target does not need to look up any (more) symbols.
	reply `qSymbol:sym_name`	The target requests the value of a new symbol `sym_name` (hex encoded). GDB will continue to supply the values of symbols (if available), until the target ceases to request them.

MIPS32	All registers are transfered as thirty-two bit quantities in the order: 32 general-purpose; sr; lo; hi; bad; cause; pc; 32 floating-point registers; fsr; fir; fp.
MIPS64	All registers are transfered as sixty-four bit quantities (including thirty-two bit registers such as `sr`). The ordering is the same as `MIPS32`.