[lldb-dev] Can I use lldb to debug Mac OSX remotely from linux machine

[Greg Clayton]

And you will need to update the CMakelists.txt and any Makefile files to also build these for all builds.

On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com> wrote:

> It should be after doing a bit of work. 
> 
> The first thing is to make sure that all needed plug-ins are actually compiled into the linux version. Go to lldb.cpp and you will see code:
> 
> #if defined (__APPLE__)
> #include "Plugins/DynamicLoader/MacOSX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderMacOSXDYLD.h"
> #include "Plugins/DynamicLoader/Darwin-Kernel/DynamicLoaderDarwinKernel.h"
> #include "Plugins/LanguageRuntime/ObjC/AppleObjCRuntime/AppleObjCRuntimeV1.h"
> #include "Plugins/LanguageRuntime/ObjC/AppleObjCRuntime/AppleObjCRuntimeV2.h"
> #include "Plugins/ObjectContainer/Universal-Mach-O/ObjectContainerUniversalMachO.h"
> #include "Plugins/ObjectFile/Mach-O/ObjectFileMachO.h"
> #include "Plugins/Process/MacOSX-Kernel/ProcessKDP.h"
> #include "Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformMacOSX.h"
> #include "Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformRemoteiOS.h"
> #include "Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformDarwinKernel.h"
> #include "Plugins/Platform/MacOSX/PlatformiOSSimulator.h"
> #endif
> 
> Start by getting rid of this #define and building all of these plug-ins for all system (they should compile).
> 
> Next modify lldb_private::Initialize () to also remove the "#if defined (__APPLE__)" so the static ::Initialize method is called for all plug-ins.
> 
> Do the same for lldb_private::Terminate().
> 
> That should be all you need to do! Then you should be able to do:
> 
> % lldb
> (lldb) platform select remote-macosx
> (lldb) file ...
> (lldb) kdp-remote mymac.bar.baz
> 
> 
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Jiang, Yunhong <yunhong.jiang at intel.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, all
>> 	I want to debug kernel extension for Mac OSX. However, I have only one Mac system currently, is it possible to use Linux as host machine remotely?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> --jyh
>> 
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