[ECOS] debugging timer dependent programs thru gdb

[Jonathan Larmour]

Rajeev wrote:
> 
> hi,
>   i would like to know if gdb will be able to help me debug
> time-dependent applications (like multithreading) because i was
> wondering how the gdb would be able to physically hold the clock to the
> cpu. Does it have a software emulation of the timers?

Nope. When debugging a remote embedded target, in general interrupts are
disabled, that's all. If stuff is timer dependent, it will "lose" time.

Jifl
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