RES: Do RTEMS has a GDB Server?

Fabrício de Novaes Kucinskis fabricio at dea.inpe.br
Thu Dec 1 13:02:00 UTC 2005


Joel,

Thank you very much for your quick answer.
Regards,


Fabrício.


-----Mensagem original-----
De: Joel Sherrill <joel at OARcorp.com> [mailto:joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com]
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2005 17:29
Para: Fabrício de Novaes Kucinskis
Cc: RTEMS - Mailing List
Assunto: Re: Do RTEMS has a GDB Server?


Fabrício de Novaes Kucinskis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I would like to know more about the GDB Server inside RTEMS. I read about
> the work from people at Canon, but I still have some questions:

The first issue is that it includes modifications to gdb which were
against 5.x and not directly applicable to gdb 6.x.  It would have to be
updated.

> 1) Do this GDB Server works only for Intel and PowerPC BSPs?

It has m68k support as well.

> 2) How can I enable and use it?

There should be more instructions in the documentation.


> 3) What are the advantages over a regular monitor software ? (this one is
to
> convince my bosses ;)

Probably none. :)  You might want to consider Till's cexp which provides
a more complete solution including dynamic download capabilities similar
to the VxWorks monitor.

Till or some other cexp user will have to share how they debug using it.


> Thank you and best regards,
>
>
> Fabrício de Novaes Kucinskis - DEA / INPE
> -----------------------------------------
> Divisão de Eletrônica Aeroespacial
> Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
>


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