Re: Angel not present

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

Hi Daniel,

>I am trying to set up an environment where i am using GNU tools to develop
>my application. The problem is that i am using an ARM7TDMI board and the
>only stub that is available is the angel (not GDB). However, i want to
>connect the insight to the board using the angel protocol but it is not
>present in the "target" option. And the remote/serial does not work. Can I
>install support for the angel protocol or what should i do?

In a gdb console window, type:

set remotebaud 9600
target rdi /dev/ttyS0
(or com1 or whatever is appropriate for your installation)

Just before you press Enter on the target line, reset your board. Within a 
couple of seconds of pressing Enter, you should see the Angel sign-on 
message on the gdb console, and a couple of seconds later you'll be back at 
the gdb prompt.

However note that this arrangement (gdb talking to angel) is at best very 
fragile. I haven't tried it with the Insight graphical front-end. If you 
have problems, try using gdb --nw to run gdb in raw console mode.

If you're running on a chip vendor's eval board, crosspost to the eCos 
discussion list to see if someone there has maybe created un unsupported 
port of gdb stubs for that board.

=== Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Embedded Engineer)
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