sparc-erc32 testsuites failures

[Vaibhav Gupta]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 12:52 PM Niteesh <gsnb.gn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have updated the doc to use erc32-sis, and attached the patch file in
> this mail. Can someone review it.
>
Use "git send-email" for sending patches.

>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:07 PM Niteesh <gsnb.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know this, but the docs are not updated so should I send a pull request?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:06 PM Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 11:12 AM Niteesh <gsnb.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 3:17 AM Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The instructions are out of date by a couple of months. The SPARC
>>>>> Instruction Simulator (sis) has seen significant enhancements and it's now
>>>>> a standalone program. It is not enabled as a built-in with gdb because
>>>>> that's some very old version of sis. The new version has symmetric
>>>>> multiprocessing and support for the RISC-V.
>>>>>
>>>>> Those instructions worked for a LONG time but need to be updated to
>>>>> reflect the recent changes with SIS.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you used rtems-tester, it should work. And looking at the .ini file
>>>>> for this bsp will sure you have to just run programs with the simulator. My
>>>>> recollection is that by adding -gdb argument, you can attached to it as a
>>>>> remote debugger.
>>>>>
>>>> Yes. And I also faced this problem (in my case it was riscv)and i guess
>>> this question was asked by others also on devel.
>>> I simply used these steps:
>>>
>>> Open Terminal 1:
>>>
>>> $ sparc-rtems5-sis -gdb
>>>
>>>         # It will print 'gdb: listening on port 1234'.
>>>
>>>         # Note you can define port number with '-port' option.
>>>
>>> Open Terminal 2:
>>>
>>> $ sparc-rtems5-gdb hello.exe
>>>
>>>         # gdb asks for several inputs
>>>
>>>                 $ target extended-remote localhost:1234
>>>
>>>                 $ load
>>>
>>>                 $ r
>>>
>>> You will see output in Terminal 1.
>>>
>>>> I would like to update the docs for this, Can I proceed? I am planning
>>>> to change the cmd to use erc-sis instead of erc. And also the build your
>>>> application section is incomplete, can I add the instruction to modify a
>>>> test program and build it in this section?
>>>>
>>>>> BTW I know it's a way too early for GSOC but I have anyway attached
>>>>>> the patch for hello world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What type projects are you interested in?
>>>>>
>>>> I am interested in driver development and BSP support.
>>>>
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