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Re: [ECOS] debugging timer dependent programs thru gdb
- To: Rajeev <rajeev at inablers dot net>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] debugging timer dependent programs thru gdb
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:09:43 +0100
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <200108130937.PAA17815@inablers.net>
Rajeev wrote:
>
> hi,
> i would like to know if gdb will be able to help me debug
> time-dependent applications (like multithreading) because i was
> wondering how the gdb would be able to physically hold the clock to the
> cpu. Does it have a software emulation of the timers?
Nope. When debugging a remote embedded target, in general interrupts are
disabled, that's all. If stuff is timer dependent, it will "lose" time.
Jifl
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