bdm error

D. Peter Siddons siddons at bnl.gov
Fri Jul 12 18:49:53 UTC 2002


Hi all,
   OK, so my gdb problem was due to the fact that I compiled the code
using gcc-3.1 instead of gcc-2.95, and was debugging with gdb-5.0. If I
open the file with gdb-5.2 then there are no complaints. Is there a bdm
patch for gdb-5.2?
Pete.

"D. Peter Siddons" wrote:
> 
> Hi Brett,
>     My hello.exe is an ELF file, not a raw binary. I noticed that the
> netdemos builds both, but my bsp, which I am in the process of hacking
> from the mcf5206elite bsp, only generates the elf. I have still to
> finalize the linkcmds to allow objcopy to give me a loadable binary. I
> believe the message is complaining about a particular flavor of ELF
> symbols (DWARF?) about which I know nothing :(
> Pete.
> 
> Brett Swimley wrote:
> >
> > Do you have an ELF file (such as hello.nxe) that you can use?  My 5272 BSP
> > builds this file as well, which is ELF and works with gdb via the bdm.  I
> > have found that the .exe file does not work.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Brett Swimley
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: peter at bnl.gov [mailto:peter at bnl.gov]On Behalf Of D.
> > > Peter Siddons
> > > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:47 AM
> > > To: rtems-users at oarcorp.com
> > > Subject: bdm error
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >    I'm using bdm with a 5272 board, and I get the following
> > > error when I
> > > try to open hello.exe:
> > >
> > > Dwarf error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader.
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Pete.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -----------------
> > > D. Peter Siddons
> > > National Synchrotron Light Source, Bldg. 725D
> > > Brookhaven National Laboratory
> > > Upton
> > > New York 11973
> > > Email: siddons at bnl.gov
> > >
> 
> --
> -----------------
> D. Peter Siddons
> National Synchrotron Light Source, Bldg. 725D
> Brookhaven National Laboratory
> Upton
> New York 11973
> Email: siddons at bnl.gov

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D. Peter Siddons
National Synchrotron Light Source, Bldg. 725D
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
New York 11973
Email: siddons at bnl.gov



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