Re: GDB over a serial link (with no OS) for MIPS32

[Srinivas Murthy <codevana at gmail dot com>]

Thanks for the email.

I will need a little more hand-holding :(

Can you please give me some more pointers on how to get started?

More specifically,
 1. What are the OS-dependent and OS-independent portions of the code?
 2. Specifically using a serial port, what is transport dependent part
of the code?
 3. What is the arch. dependent part?

 Any pointers on how to get started (maybe something like a porting
guide, perhaps?).

Thanks much for your help.

Regards,
-Srinivas



On 6/8/05, Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.radhakrishnan@codito.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You'd want to write a new target in GDB. Take a look at the target
> abstraction.
> Look at a sample target ... lets say remote.c .
> 
> cheers
> Ramana
> 
> > Hi,
> >  We need to develop a gdb debug tool for a custom multi-processor MIPS
> > target running in an infinite loop (without an OS) over a serial link
> > with a UART. The host is an x86 machine with Linux OS.
> >
> >  The single UART needs to provide connectivity to all the processors
> > on the target and the debug tool needs to do processor specific
> > commands (breakpoints, source-level debug, etc.).
> >
> >  Can you guys please point me to any reference material,
> > implementations, etc. for me to get started with this?
> >
> > Thanks much for your help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Srinivas
> >
> 
> 
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> Ramana Radhakrishnan
> Codito Technologies
> 
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