From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: Richard Danter <richard.danter@windriver.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: 750/107 CHRP question 
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
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Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 14:17:35 +0200
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Dear Richard,

in message <3F2A2CB6.4030104@windriver.com> you wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that more than just a static  mapping  is  needed
> > for full MMUP support.
>
> You are correct. Only the kernel and drivers statically linked can be
> easily debugged. It could be possible to debug modules but since the
> addresses change every time you load them it would not be practical. You
> would have to edit the symbol files (*.ab) each time.

Thanks for confirming this.

> For complete MMU handling the debugger would need to know where to find
> the mapping tables and remap it's symbol info. None of our debuggers can
> do that yet.

Are there any plans to add such support?


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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