Re: Coldfire V2 devices and serial debuggers
Matt Waddel <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:53:01 -0700
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Hi Harjit, Is this a platform that's running uClinux like M52277? If it is, you can= run gdbserver/gdb via a serial connection. Best regards, Matt Harjit Singh wrote: > Has anyone got a serial debugger running on a Coldfire V2 MCF52xxx devi= ce? > =20 > A while back I read that dBug supports the GDB protocol and dBug is a=20 > serial debugger. But all posts I have seen, seem to be about using a BD= M=20 > based debugger. > =20 > The reason a serial debugger is prefered to a BDM based debugger is tha= t=20 > I'm doing some robotics work and I can make the servo code run at a=20 > higher interrupt level than the serial debugger and this will allow me=20 > to debug code with servos running. > =20 > BDM is too intrusive and it will cause the servos to go nuts. > =20 > The CF debug docs say that BDM theoretically will steal cycles but=20 > everything I have read says tha the BDM debuggers halt the CPU... > =20 > Thanks in advance. > Harjit >=20 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > Windows Live=99: Keep your life in sync. See how it works.=20 > <http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitwo= rks_022009>[email protected]=20 > Send a post to the list. [email protected] Join the list.=20 > [email protected] Join the list in digest mode.=20 > [email protected] Leave the list. --- [email protected] Send a post to the list. [email protected] Join the list. [email protected] Join the list in digest mode. [email protected] Leave the list.