Re: Porting GDB - Where to start?

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:53:15PM +0100, James Sampson wrote:
> >> 1. Why is xstormy16 the best place to start?.
> >
> >Being fairly new, and for a relatively straightforward architecture, it
> >doesn't come with much baggage.  It's roughly 1000 lines long, while the
> >MIPS is a wopping 6000 lines!
> 
> Ok! - I had the impression it had more than 200Kb of source code. Is it 
> because a lot of the code is similar from target to target, and doesn't need 
> much change? (I assume you mean a 1000 lines of code which has to be more or 
> less produced)
> 
> 
> >> 2. Since I can't use GCC to make target specific code for a C55x I must use
> >> CCS (Code Composer Studio) from TI. What could a "got-ya" be?.
> >
> >There is a good chance that after you've kind of got the target `mostly'
> >working, you will spend time debugging problems in the symtab code.
> >This is because, when it comes to debug info, no two compilers are
> >alike.   Consequently, is a very good chance that GDB won't properly
> >handle the debug info being output by this compiler.
> >
> >Anyway, a first step is to find out what the debug info is and if GDB
> >has any support for it at all ....  One way is to compile a simple
> >program using `-g -S' and then look at the assembler that is created.
> >If it contains ``.stabn'' lines its stabs, if it contains ``.debug_...''
> >symbols it's dwarf2 (or dwarf1?).  Beyond that, you may want to post the
> >contents here.
> 
> In CCS you have the option to use COFF or DWARF. I was planning on using COFF, 
> because I have noticed some C54x COFF file thingies in the BFD, which could be 
> usable :-D. Do you know if they are?.

If those are the two switches that's pretty bizarre.  COFF is a file
format, DWARF a debug info format.  You probably want DWARF (DWARF-2)
which implies ELF format files.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer