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Re: GDB stubs in ROM?
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 09:31:43PM -0700, Sarah A Bailey wrote:
> Greetings,
> I've been working on code that uses eCos on the LPC2148. My question
> is fairly straightforward: Can I run GDB stubs if I build eCos in
> ROM?
>
> The answer seems to be no so far, but I thought I'd double check with
> other developers. I searched the internet and mailing lists for an
> answer, but the best I could find was from the eCos mailing list.[1]
> It basically said it's fairly difficult, and requires hardware support
> for hardware breakpoints.
With ROM applications you need hardware support for breakpoints. Most
ARM platforms support two such breakpoints, but you need a JTAG
interface to place them. The gdb stub in a ROM application is only
useful for catching exceptions.
Andrew
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