Re: openocd+gdb combo
Jan Vrany via Gdb <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 2022-02-23 at 16:11 +0000, Schneider, Maximilian via Gdb wrote: > Hello, > > I have written a relatively complex but very useful external loader+gdb python script for a piece of memory connected to one of the many chips we use. > I can now use openocd to connect and subsequently gdb with the aforementioned loader and script to read/write/erase ! > > However It is still a pain to have to start an openocd session before being able to launch the gdb command. > > Is there a known way to package openocd and gdb together so that I can get convenient calling conventions like bellow? > ./read_the_thing > memory_dump.bin > > How would you recommend creating portable installations of gdb so that they can be shipped quickly to the unfortunate windows users? > I can imagine writing an extra tool that manages the sequencing of openocd+gdb but I would need executables I can run without installation to make it palatable for my colleagues. > I was facing similar problem a year ago. Took me a bit to figure out how to make a .zip you can download, unpack wherever you want and use, including working python. If you think it would help, I can try to extract the build script from my CI and share some time later this or next week. Jan > Best Regards, > Maximilian Schneider