[ECOS] some beginners questions
Jonathan Larmour
jlarmour@redhat.com
Fri Sep 7 00:16:00 GMT 2001
Hugo Tyson wrote:
>
> > 3. Why is that on redboot command prompt, when I type `$` it hangs the
> > board?
>
> It doesn't hang the board. It switches it to GDB stubs mode. The board is
> waiting for GDB packets to arrive. All GDB packets start with a $. For
> example, if you type
> $c#63
> that's the same as a GDB "continue" command. This is useless unless you
> have loaded a program of course, but you'll be able to see that the board
> isn't hung, something else will happen - it'll be a load of hex digits and
> so on on a terminal, that's the GDB protocol reporting what happened.
Tip if you get into this state: type $k#6b which will return you to your
normal viewing...
Beware of the pound sign if using a non-US keyboard!
Jifl
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