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redboot as debugger / bootstrap for RTLINUX ?
- From: Bob Koninckx <bob dot koninckx at mech dot kuleuven dot ac dot be>
- To: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 03 Nov 2002 18:05:09 +0100
- Subject: [ECOS] redboot as debugger / bootstrap for RTLINUX ?
Hi,
This might be a little bit off-topic. I'll ask it anyway.
My experiences for (serial) debugging and booting embedded (powerpc,
eCos) applications using redboot have been nothing but positive so far.
We are currently working on a project that uses RTAI/RTLINUX as real
time kernels on PC-based hardware. However, (kernel level)debugging is
hard.
Since eCos/Redboot have been ported to PC motherboards, I wondered if
redboot could not be used as a bootstrap for RTAI or RTLinux
applications which could then in turn be debugged over a serial line
like any other embedded application. Anybody ever tried this? Any
reasons why such an approach would probably not work ?
Thanks,
Bob
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