From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5781 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2005 14:02:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 5773 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Dec 2005 14:02:52 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:02:51 +0000 Received: from drow by nevyn.them.org with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EjdP6-0008W2-OO; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:02:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:02:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Carlos Mitidieri Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: debugging a bootloader Message-ID: <20051206140248.GB32659@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Carlos Mitidieri , gdb@sourceware.org References: <200512061501.38025.carlos.mitidieri@sysgo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512061501.38025.carlos.mitidieri@sysgo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-12/txt/msg00054.txt.bz2 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:01:37PM +0100, Carlos Mitidieri wrote: > Dear all, > I have a doubt on the applicability of gdb: > Is it possible to use gdb in connection with the accompanying simulator to > debug a bootloader (like u-boot) for an arm > Thank you very much for your attention. Probably not; you need a simulator that will provide all the hardware your boot loader expects. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC