[QUESTION] Does SDB comply to GDB's machine interface?

[tibel]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I could not find any info on this topic.

Does SDB comply to GDB's machine interface?

I ask because of Microsoft/MIEngine and remote debugging a mono project from inside Visual Studio?

[vargaz]

It doesn't, it uses a custom wire protocol based on the java debugger protocol: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/runtime/docs/soft-debugger/

[tibel]

Please correct me where I'm wrong: SDB talks to the mono runtime using a custom wire protocol (what you described). GDB mi interface is ASCII based and defines the commands and output on stdin and stdout. So theoretically when commands and output are compatible to gdb mi, this could work.

VS gdb support:

• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2015/11/18/announcing-the-vs-gdb-debugger-extension/
• https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Connect-event-2015/807

[alexrp]

SDB (the command line program) doesn't support the machine interface out of the box as Zoltan said, but I imagine it would be possible to support it in theory, as long as it's just a matter of supporting certain commands.

[alexrp]

Closing as the question has been answered.