Debug How to

[Joel Sherrill]

Imran Ali wrote:
> 
> I'm new to this list and to RTEMS. Please correct if I'm wrong. From
> the RTEMS debugger server specification
> http://www.engr.usask.ca/classes/EP/414/lab/rtemsdocs/rgd
> b_specs/rgdb_specs00013.html, I can tell you that you need to
> implement your own debugger server. But for that you need to be a bit
> geeky. You'll need to search for Sun's RPC, implement a lots of
> things, etc.. etc.. I hope somebody in this list might have a
> prototype for that.  But why don't RTEMs sources include such a
> prototype or a debugger server implementation.


Are you in Eric Norum's class or just using his documentation? :)
I can't believe he would leave students to write a debugger
stub as a first exercise in a lab. 

On many boards, there is already a debug stub with the BSP.  It
is just a matter of turning it on.  On others, it is a matter
of providing the board specific hook routines for IO.

> 
> >Does RTEMS include a RGDBSD implementation? Or am
> I
> >supposed to implement my own server for remote
> >debugging? Please help.
> >Joe.
> >
> > --- Joe Samuel <sjoe2 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi all,
> >>     can anybody tell me how to debug rtems through a
> >> serial port/Ethernet?
> >>         I've gone through the RTEMS GDB server
> >> specification. That means I have to write my on
> >> debug
> >> server rt? RTEMS don't have any built in debug
> >> server
> >> implementations? If so how to invoke them? Does
> >> there
> >> exist any guidelines other than the server spec?
> >> thank you for your responses,
> >> Joe
> >>
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