docs/scripts/gdb: add necessary make scripts_gdb step

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In order to debug the kernel successfully with gdb you need to run
'make scripts_gdb' nowadays.

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Commit 67274c0834 ("scripts/gdb: delay generation of gdb
constants.py")

In order to have a complete guide for beginners this remark
should be added to the offial documentation.

Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jkl820.git@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112-documentation-gdb-v2-1-292785c43dc9@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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