Eclipse

[Steve Holle]

I'm not sure when I will get to this project but if nobody beats me to it I 
will wiki it as I work on it.

At 01:21 PM 10/13/2004, Thomas Doerfler wrote:
>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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> > Steve Holle
> > Link Communications, Inc.
> > 1035 Cerise Rd.
> > Billings, MT  59101
> > sholle at link-comm.com
>
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Steve Holle
Link Communications, Inc.
1035 Cerise Rd.
Billings, MT  59101
sholle at link-comm.com