diff --git a/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c b/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
index a11db95..3487248 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/gdbstub.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 /* Our I/O buffers. */
 static char			remcom_in_buffer[BUFMAX];
 static char			remcom_out_buffer[BUFMAX];
+static int			gdbstub_use_prev_in_buf;
+static int			gdbstub_prev_in_buf_pos;
 
 /* Storage for the registers, in GDB format. */
 static unsigned long		gdb_regs[(NUMREGBYTES +
@@ -58,6 +60,13 @@
 	int ret = -1;
 	int i;
 
+	if (unlikely(gdbstub_use_prev_in_buf)) {
+		if (gdbstub_prev_in_buf_pos < gdbstub_use_prev_in_buf)
+			return remcom_in_buffer[gdbstub_prev_in_buf_pos++];
+		else
+			gdbstub_use_prev_in_buf = 0;
+	}
+
 	/* poll any additional I/O interfaces that are defined */
 	while (ret < 0)
 		for (i = 0; kdb_poll_funcs[i] != NULL; i++) {
@@ -109,7 +118,6 @@
 			buffer[count] = ch;
 			count = count + 1;
 		}
-		buffer[count] = 0;
 
 		if (ch == '#') {
 			xmitcsum = hex_to_bin(gdbstub_read_wait()) << 4;
@@ -124,6 +132,7 @@
 			if (dbg_io_ops->flush)
 				dbg_io_ops->flush();
 		}
+		buffer[count] = 0;
 	} while (checksum != xmitcsum);
 }
 
@@ -1082,12 +1091,11 @@
 	case 'c':
 		strcpy(remcom_in_buffer, cmd);
 		return 0;
-	case '?':
-		gdb_cmd_status(ks);
-		break;
-	case '\0':
-		strcpy(remcom_out_buffer, "");
-		break;
+	case '$':
+		strcpy(remcom_in_buffer, cmd);
+		gdbstub_use_prev_in_buf = strlen(remcom_in_buffer);
+		gdbstub_prev_in_buf_pos = 0;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	dbg_io_ops->write_char('+');
 	put_packet(remcom_out_buffer);