From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from postfix.timesys.com (mail.timesys.com [65.117.135.102]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84B9467B59 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:59:51 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <451089AC.7060500@timesys.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:22:04 -0400 From: Greg Weeks MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hein Subject: Re: JTAG debugger for MPC82xx/MPC83xx References: <4510664B.2020304@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <4510664B.2020304@sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Steven Hein wrote: > I've been researching the available JTAG debuggers that > support the MPC82xx/MPC83xx family, and I've found these > choices so far: > > * Abatron BDI-2000 > * Green Hills Probe > * Freescale's PowerTAP PRO for PowerPC > * Lauterbach TRACE32-ICD > * WindRiver ICE > * Embedded Toolsmiths Guardian-SE (BUT...this is no longer > being sold, according to an email response I received > from Embedded Toolsmiths) > > We will definitely want one with a network connection, > and will will run the debugger software from a Linux host. > Ideally, we would also like one that provides a library > to allow us to write apps to function the debugger. > > Can anyone comment on what JTAG debugger they are using, > and how have your experiences been? Are there any other > good options besides the ones mentioned above. > I'd appreciate any input. > The only one I've used for power pc is the BDI. I've not tried it on the 83xx yet, but others here have. It worked well with the 82xx. I mostly used gdb to talk to it over ethernet. Greg Weeks