Re: bdi2000 and gdb (newbie question)

[Mark Beckwith <mark@intrig.com>]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 01:57:42PM -0500, Jay Monkman wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:18:29AM -0500, Mark Beckwith wrote:
> > error when I do the "target remote" command.   Would this be possible?  If
> > so I would like to volunteer.
> 
> That might be a limitation with the remote protocol. I don't think
> there's any info in it declaring the architecture type.
 
> 
> > So I'm debugging just fine now out of ram.   However, when I set BREAKMODE
> > HARD and try to step through flash, only one breakpoint gets hit, and then
> > can't step or set another.  The documentation I've read states that the
> > breakpoint will be cleared once it is hit, but that doesn't seem to be
> 
> What documentation? I've never seen it remove the breakpoint
> permanently unless I delete it.
 
Just something I read somewhere. 

> > happening.  Also the delete command doesn't seem to clear the hardware
> > breakpoint.  I have to do a "ci" all the time from the bdi.  Any
> > suggestions on working with hardware breakpoints? 
> 
> Did you insert the breakpoint with gdb?
 
Yes.

> If you are running from RAM, you will probably have better success if
> you use soft breakpoints.
 
I know.  Problem is I am stepping the through the flash code that is run on
bootup to set up the ram.  

Mark




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