Re: Debugging an Arm Evaluator7T using Gdb

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 06:44:31PM +0200, Pierre Habraken wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am not sure that this list is the right one, but I did find another
> one where to post my question...
> 
> I am looking instructions or informations about how to cross-debug an
> Arm target using RDI and ADP using gdb 5.2 on a Linux host.
> The file README.CYGNUS in the rdi-share directory tells the reader to
> have a look at the book "ARM's Software Development Tools Reference
> Manual" (Remote Debugging chapter) but I did not find this reference on
> the Arm site.
> 
> Uploading a program to the target looks to be working fine.
> Setting a breakpoint too.
> But after that, running the program makes gdb display a warning message
> and then hang :
> ======================================================================
> (gdb) target rdi /dev/ttyS1
> Angel Debug Monitor V1.32 (ARM Ltd unreleased) for Evaluator7T, IRQ
> Built Nov 19 2001
> Serial Rate:   9600
> RDI_info: internal error, unimplemented message
> Connected to ARM RDI target.
> (gdb) load
> Loading section .text, size 0x9b78 lma 0x8000
> Loading section SWI_AREA, size 0x78 lma 0x11b78
> Loading section STARTUP_AREA, size 0x34 lma 0x11bf0
> Loading section .rodata, size 0x468 lma 0x11c24
> Loading section .data, size 0x85c lma 0x1218c
> Loading section .eh_frame, size 0x4 lma 0x129e8
> Loading section .ctors, size 0x8 lma 0x129ec
> Loading section .dtors, size 0x8 lma 0x129f4
> Start address 0x8000, load size 43260
> Transfer rate: 6292 bits/sec, 475 bytes/write.
> (gdb) break main
> Breakpoint 1 at 0x8564: file noyau.c, line 407.
> (gdb) run
> The program being debugged has been started already.
> Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y
> 
> <gdb hangs here, I have to kill it from a shell>

Try "continue" instead?


> ======================================================================
> 
> I am very far from being a Gdb expert, and also I am a newbie in
> debugging an Arm target. So I would really appreciate any kind of
> help !... 
> 
> Pierre
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