Is it possible to attach to a remote gdb target with vscode?

Question

I\'m trying to setup the configuration to attach to a remote C/C++ gdb target running gdbserver with visual studio code. Is this currently supported? If so, how do I get aroun

Answer 1

This is a bit late, but I just set this up right now. I'm debugging an linux application running on a remote ARM device

I installed the Native Debug extension for VS Code.

Here is my launch.json configuration

"configurations": [
    {
        "type": "gdb",
        "request": "attach",
        "name": "Attach to gdbserver",
        "executable": "",
        "target": "X.X.X.X:9999",
        "remote": true,
        "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}", 
        "gdbpath": "D:/gcc-ma/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe"
    }]

So on my arm device running linux:

gdbserver localhost:9999 ./

Then on windows, I attach to that server.

I have gdbpath set up because i need to use a version of gdb that understands arm. I got the correct windows binaries from here

I had lots of help along the way

• http://austinhanson.com/vscode-gdb-and-debugging-an-os
• https://github.com/WebFreak001/code-debug
• https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/78