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"Robert J. Brown" wrote: > I am looking for a gdb stub to support ppc860 using the phantom serial > port of the Grammar Engines RomICE ROM simulator. Does anyone have > such a setup working? This is also on new custom hardware. We will > be running C++ under eCos for this project. From the eCos (TX39) manual : > -------------------- clip ----------------------- > > Appendix A: CygMon (Cygnus ROM Monitor) > --------------------------------------- > > CygMon is a ROM monitor designed to be portable across a large > number of embedded systems. It is also completely compatible with > existing GDB protocols, thus allowing the use of a standard ROM > monitor with existing GNU tools across a wide range of embedded > platforms. > > CygMon has basic program handling and debugging commands, > programs can be loaded into memory and run, and the contents of > memory can be viewed. There are several more advanced options > that can be included at compile time, such as a disassembler > (this of course increases the code size significantly). > > Since CygMon contains a GDB remote stub, full debugging can be > done from a host running GDB to a target running CygMon. > Switching between CygMon monitor mode and GDB stub mode is > designed to be transparent to the user, since CygMon can detect > when GDB is communicating with the target and switch into stub > mode. When GDB stops communicating with the target normally, it > sends a termination packet which lets the stub know when to > switch to the CygMon monitor mode. > -------------------- clip ----------------------- The ARM manual mentions CygMon too, but the PPC-one seems to lack it... Anyone tried CygMon? The sources should be there, but I don't remember seeing them (only prebuilt images for some boards). Cheers, Kai ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com
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