[ECOS] GDB -w 'vanishes'

[Dave Johnson]

My system also has a JTAG interface.  Do you have any suggestions for
debuggers that would be compatible with ecos?

Thanks!
Dave


--- Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 07:04 -0800, Dave Johnson wrote:
> > Are any other visual debuggers compatible besides 'gdb -w'?
> 
> I believe that DDD can be used, but I have no experience with it.
> 
> > 
> > Also, is it possible to debug a ROM built application?
> 
> Only if you have hardware assistance, e.g. an ICE or similar device.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> > 
> > --- Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 14:10 -0800, Dave Johnson wrote:
> > > > When I use the arm-elf-gdb -w from the prompt, it frequently
> > > > disappears.  I get stackdumps like this:
> > > > 
> > > > Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=663173B7
> > > > eax=6961746E ebx=00000000 ecx=77D494B0 edx=00000002
> esi=0022E8F0
> > > > edi=0022E964
> > > > ebp=0022E8FC esp=0022E8D0
> > > >
> program=C:\cygwin\opt\ecos\gnutools\arm-elf\bin\arm-elf-gdb.exe,
> > > pid
> > > > 2740, thread main
> > > > cs=001B ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003B gs=0000 ss=0023
> > > > Stack trace:
> > > > Frame     Function  Args
> > > > 0022E8FC  663173B7  (002E088C, 0000001C, 00000000, 00000EE0)
> > > > 0022E928  77D48709  (6631DF80, 002E088C, 0000001C, 00000000)
> > > > 0022E990  77D487EB  (00000000, 6631DF80, 002E088C, 0000001C)
> > > > 0022E9E4  77D4B368  (009ABF70, 0000001C, 00000000, 00000EE0)
> > > > 0022EA0C  77D4B3B4  (0022EA1C, 00000018, 009ABF70, 0000001C)
> > > > 0022EA5C  7C90EAE3  (0022EAB0, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000)
> > > > 0022EA88  77D4CFF8  (0022EAB0, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000)
> > > > 0022EAE8  66071CA7  (00000000, FFFFFFFD, 00000001, 00000000)
> > > > 0022EB18  66050496  (00000000, 0022EC80, 0022EB38, 00401122)
> > > > 0022EB28  6635826B  (0022EDE0, 0022EDA0, 0022EB48, 00420971)
> > > > 0022EB38  00401122  (00000000, 0022EDA0, 0022EC78, 004207E0)
> > > > 0022EB48  00420971  (0A0703A8, 0022ECB0, 0022EC54, 61791474)
> > > > 0022EC78  004207E0  (00420960, 0A0703A8, 0022ECB0, 0022ECAC)
> > > > 0022ECB8  004209CA  (004010D0, 00000000, 00401242, 00000006)
> > > > 0022EDF8  00402174  (0022EFB8, 61005CB8, 0022EF38, 004207E0)
> > > > 0022EE08  00420971  (006123F0, 0022EF70, 0022EF14, 00000010)
> > > > End of stack trace (more stack frames may be present)
> > > > 
> > > > I tried to use gdb without the gui, but I could not find a
> > > tcp-remote
> > > > target and instructions on how to upload the application to
> redboot
> > > > (which is running on an ARM).  Is there a way to do this from
> the
> > > > prompt?  Also, is it possible to do this from within DDD or
> GVD?
> > > 
> > > (gdb) target remote <RedBoot_IP>:9000
> > > (gdb) load
> > > ... set your breakpoints, etc. here
> > > (gdb) continue
> > > 
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> > > Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
> > > MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
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