Eclipse

[Thomas Doerfler]

Steve,

Hint Hint:
could you maybe prepare a step-by-step instruction 
on how to configure eclipse for rtems cross 
development into our fantastic new RTEM wiki?

wkr,
Thomas.


> Thanks for the info.  I don't have any questions for the moment but I will 
> keep your email for when we start bring up Eclipse.
> 
> Thanks.
> At 11:09 AM 10/13/2004, Mark VanderVoord wrote:
> >Steve:
> >
> >I have a configuration similar to what you describe,
> >but not exact.  I am using Eclipse with CDT as a cross
> >development platform for RTEMS.  In the past I had
> >(briefly) tried to use MinGW as my cross-compilation
> >tools.  I was not very successful with that.  Instead,
> >I am running cygwin to run the cross platform tools.
> >
> >Very little is required to change the behavior of CDT
> >to support cross development.  You will need to
> >retarget the make and gdb calls to point at your
> >platform-specific tools, instead of the default ones
> >that are packaged with CDT.  This can be done through
> >the "make targets" pane and the debug drop down menu.
> >
> >I am currently running Eclipse 2.1 and CDT 1.2.  There
> >are much newer versions of each, but I haven't had
> >time to update them recently.
> >
> >Because Eclipse references any standard GDB
> >implementation with the machine interface, it can be
> >used in place of Insight to directly debug your code.
> >I have had varying luck on this, as the machine
> >interface seems to be lacking or buggy, depending on
> >which cross compiler tool I am working with.  Other
> >targets have worked beautifully.  At worst, it is easy
> >to configure Eclipse to launch Insight when needed.
> >
> >Anything else you would like to know about this?
> >
> >Mark S VanderVoord
> >Self-Guided Systems, LLC
> >
> >--- Steve Holle <sholle at link-comm.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm interested in info on using Eclipse with the CDT
> > > plugin as a
> > > cross-development platform on a W2K system using
> > > MinGW and GDB connected to
> > > the Eclipse debugger.  This seems like an intriguing
> > > configuration.  Just
> > > doing research at the moment.
> > >
> > > Steve Holle
> > > Link Communications, Inc.
> > > 1035 Cerise Rd.
> > > Billings, MT  59101
> > > sholle at link-comm.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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