[ECOS] RedBoot: Restarting a program without reseting the target

[Jonathan Larmour]

Fabrice Gautier wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if it is actually possible to stop a program and restart it
> without the need to reset the target and redboot.
> For now, when i want to restart the program I have to reset everything.
> 
> Do you think there is some chance to implement this feature?

Use the "kill" command in gdb when the target is stopped (by ctrl-c). That
will reset it target for you. Of course the hardware may be in a funny
state, so no guarantees you get something sensible.
 
> And what is supposed to happen when using Redboot to run a program I hit a
> ctrl-C? For now with my i386 target, redboot sends a T packet as if there
> was a gdb listenning. I would like to have back the Redboot shell when I hit
> ctrl-C....

Over to Gary.

Jifl
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