From 96e14d470abeec17ed3386fae3ce5be95e8d22ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Barker <pbarker@barker.dropbear.id.au>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:17:28 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] autotest: retry SITL connect many times while running under
 GDB

Allows for easier debugging under gdb when checking startup code
---
 Tools/autotest/common.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Tools/autotest/common.py b/Tools/autotest/common.py
index ce1f316632..67feb164a8 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/common.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/common.py
@@ -5650,9 +5650,12 @@ Also, ignores heartbeats not from our target system'''
     def get_mavlink_connection_going(self):
         # get a mavlink connection going
         try:
+            retries = 20
+            if self.gdb:
+                retries = 20000
             self.mav = mavutil.mavlink_connection(
                 self.autotest_connection_string_to_ardupilot(),
-                retries=20,
+                retries=retries,
                 robust_parsing=True,
                 source_system=250,
                 source_component=250,