VDBTCP - Vita TCP Debugger Companion

This plugin is a companion utility for the vita kernel-side debugger plugin: kvdb. You cannot use this application without that plugin already installed.

This plugin provides TCP/IP support for debugging applications on the vita. It also provides persistant FTP server and a vitacompanion compatible API.

If you are looking to debug your own application, you are probably looking to use this plugin.

Install

To install copy this plugin to your device, and add it your config.txt under the [main] category.

Usage

This provides three services:

• GDB stub on port 31337.
• FTP server on port 1337.
• vitacompanion service on port 1338.

This plugin can be used to launch an application in debug mode. To do this, you need to issue a launch command to the vitacompanion service on port 1338. This command differs from typical vitacompanion and has the following format:

launch /path/on/vita/to/self

Once you issue this command the vita will launch it, and the debugger will automatically attach and you can use the GDB protocol on port 31337 to debug it.

Integrations into IDE

Coming soon: VSCode example.

tl;dr:

• Deploy application via FTP.
• Issue launch command to Vita.
• Attach to remote GDB process using IDE.

This method should work for most IDEs, but the specific integration will differ for each.