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RE: Problems using Insight/GDB for Coldfire


Hi!

On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 16:35, Keith Seitz wrote: (@ insight@sources.redhat.com list):

> Ok, I would just whack everything below the "target" command from your
> .gdbinit and save it into another file. You can use the "Command to run
> after attaching to target" thingy in the target selection to source in
> the other script. (So, save everything below the "target" command into,
> e.g., ~/setup-bdm; then open a target selection dialog (File->Target
> Settings...), select the BDM target, fold down the "More Options" thingy
> and type in the "Command to run after attaching" something like "source
> ~/setup-bdm

Executing the init sequence after starting insight improves the situation. 

But there are still problems like losing focus in source, 
register changes are not displayed ...

I get the impression that there is a general problem with bdm and gdb...

I contacted Thomas Elter from embeddedtools.net (they sell the microcross 
gcc based cross-tools) and got this answer:


> [... Snip ...] 
> It appears that the main problem in your development environment is the P&E Micro 
> connection device. It turns out that the P&E Micro connection device, is not compatible with any GNU
> tool suite release from any vendor. The P&E Micro connection device will
> download the object load module to the target, but will not support any
> debug activities with a GNU Debugger like GDB. Microcross made an attempt to
>work with them to find a solution, but they were not interested.

He offers a Abatron BDI2000 and an other BDM interface from Cybertec

Ok. BDI2000 uses tcp/ip remote debugging. But the bdm inteface from cybertec? 
There should be no big difference between this one and the P&E device? 
Both using parallel port.

So my question: 

Is anybody else using the P&E BDM Interface for Coldfire with Insight/gdb
or can confess the compatibility problems of P&E? 



Bye

-- 

Dirk Dörr

Sorry for crossposting! 


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