Re: gdb signal normal termination of program

[Ruedi Dummermuth <ruedi@abatron.ch>]

Hello Shaun

The BDI cannot detect when you enter the exit() function
unless you set a breakpoint in it. The BDI cannot generate
the message "Program terminated normally" because
it has no information about when this event happens.

Also an embedded application normally does not terminate.
When you finally burn you application into flash, it should
run continuously and will never terminate via exit().

You may change your exit() function and code-in the opcode
of a software breakpoint. If you did not change it within the
BDI configuration, the opcode for a breakpoint is 0xE7FFDEFE.

Regards,
Ruedi

At 09:24 28.11.2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have an arm-elf target connected to a bdi2000 jtag debugger. Is there any
>instruction I can compile that indicates to the debugger or gdb that
>my program has reached normal termination. When main returns exit() is called
>which then hangs the processor. I have to interrupt it with ctrl-c. I'd like
>gdb to break to the prompt on its own and display the message "Program
>terminated normally". Do you know how I go about this?
>
>Thanks,
>Shaun

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