diff -r 36bb0f394df1 cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/Gdb.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/Gdb.java	Thu Jun 14 01:04:16 2012 +0000
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/Gdb.java	Sun Dec 09 16:19:00 2012 +0000
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@
 		    return;
 		}
 		tentativeGdb.setExecutor(executor);
+		tentativeGdb.setPid(pid);
 	    }
 
             tentativeGdb.myMIProxy.logInfo();
@@ -688,7 +689,19 @@
      * Interrupt the program (note that unlike almost every other debugging
      * action, we're NOT asking dbx to do it - this we're actually doing
      * ourselves!!
+     * 
+     * On embedded targets SIGINT must be sent to GDB, not the target process
      */
+    private int gdbpid;
+    
+    void setPid(int pid) {
+        gdbpid = pid;
+    }
+
+    int getPid() {
+        return gdbpid;
+    }    
+    
     boolean pause(int pid, boolean silentStop, boolean interruptGdb) {
         // The following predicate is _not_ the same as isReceptive()
         if (debugger.state().isRunning && debugger.state().isProcess) {
diff -r 36bb0f394df1 cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/GdbDebuggerImpl.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/GdbDebuggerImpl.java	Thu Jun 14 01:04:16 2012 +0000
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/GdbDebuggerImpl.java	Sun Dec 09 16:19:00 2012 +0000
@@ -765,7 +765,9 @@
         String remoteTarget = gdi.getTargetCommand();
         if (remoteTarget != null) {
             cmdString = "target " + remoteTarget;  //NOI18N
-            targetAttach = true;
+            // Leave this as false because to interrupt a gdbserver session
+            // you must send a SIGINT to the host side gdb session
+            //targetAttach = true;
         } else {
             pid = gdi.getPid();
             // MI command "-target-attach pid | file" does not available in
@@ -792,7 +794,7 @@
         state().isProcess = true;
         stateChanged();
         session().setSessionState(state());
-        long pid = getNDI().getPid();
+        long pid = gdb.getPid();
         if (pid != -1) {
             session().setPid(pid);
         }