diff -r 289bb81748e0 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	Sat Jan 21 18:06:45 2012 +0100
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb2/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb2/Gdb.java	Wed Jan 25 20:35:41 2012 +1300
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@
 		    return;
 		}
 		tentativeGdb.setExecutor(executor);
+                tentativeGdb.setPid(pid);
 	    }
 
 	    /* OLD
@@ -678,7 +679,15 @@
      * 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 set to GDB, not the target process
+     * Target PID is returned as 42000 from gdb.
      */
+    private int gdbpid;
+    void setPid(int pid) {
+        gdbpid = pid;
+    }
+    
     boolean pause(int pid, boolean silentStop) {
         // The following predicate is _not_ the same as isReceptive()
         if (debugger.state().isRunning && debugger.state().isProcess) {
@@ -686,7 +695,7 @@
 	    try {
                 signalled = true;
                 this.silentStop = silentStop;
-		signaller.interrupt(pid);
+		signaller.interrupt(pid != 42000 ? pid : gdbpid);
 	    } catch(java.io.IOException e) {
 		ErrorManager.getDefault().annotate(e,
 		    "Sending kill signal to process failed"); // NOI18N