EGWU arm-linux-gnueabi-gdb $HOME/.gdbinit

$HOME/.gdbinit
set history filename ~/.gdb_history
set history save
target remote localhost:3333
monitor reset halt



Decided to dump the CPUID register which should read back
0x412fc230 



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0x00000000 in ?? ()
JTAG tap: lpc1788.cpu tap/device found: 0x4ba00477 (mfg: 0x23b, part: 0xba00, ver: 0x4)

target state: halted
target halted due to debug-request, current mode: Thread
xPSR: 0x01000000 pc: 0x1fff0080 msp: 0x10001ffc
(gdb)
(gdb) monitor reset halt
JTAG tap: lpc1788.cpu tap/device found: 0x4ba00477 (mfg: 0x23b, part: 0xba00, ver: 0x4)
target state: halted
target halted due to debug-request, current mode: Thread
xPSR: 0x01000000 pc: 0x1fff0080 msp: 0x10001ffc
(gdb) monitor mdw 0xe000ed00
0xe000ed00: 412fc230
(gdb)