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In addition, 82<small>GDB</small> comes with a generic serial protocol (specific to <small>GDB</small>, 83but not specific to any particular target system) which you can use if you 84write the remote stubs—the code that runs on the remote system to 85communicate with <small>GDB</small>. 86</p> 87<p>Other remote targets may be available in your 88configuration of <small>GDB</small>; use <code>help target</code> to list them. 89</p> 90<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> 91<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Connecting.html#Connecting" accesskey="1">Connecting</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Connecting to a remote target 92</td></tr> 93<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="File-Transfer.html#File-Transfer" accesskey="2">File Transfer</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Sending files to a remote system 94</td></tr> 95<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Server.html#Server" accesskey="3">Server</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Using the gdbserver program 96</td></tr> 97<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Remote-Configuration.html#Remote-Configuration" accesskey="4">Remote Configuration</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Remote configuration 98</td></tr> 99<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Remote-Stub.html#Remote-Stub" accesskey="5">Remote Stub</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Implementing a remote stub 100</td></tr> 101</table> 102 103 104 105 106</body> 107</html> 108