From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from outmx003.isp.belgacom.be (outmx003.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.4.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36911DDDF6 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:57:35 +1100 (EST) Received: from outmx003.isp.belgacom.be (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by outmx003.isp.belgacom.be (8.13.4/8.12.11/Skynet-OUT-2.22) with ESMTP id l0O7vSmM012026 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:57:30 +0100 (envelope-from ) From: Laurent Pinchart To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: JTAG emulator for MPC8548E (v2) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:57:19 +0100 References: <528646bc0701230956v26e34c5bx7d3fc082fe1d20c9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200701240857.19428.laurent.pinchart@technotrade.biz> Cc: "Morrison, Tom" List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > We actually have one of these - and the H/W engineer is NOT > happy at all. Apparently, it is NOT that stable for single > step operations, and does NOT give a consistent view of the > All the internal registers and/or the ability to view all > the registers natively! > > I am hoping for one that is more consistent and aware (and stable). Just to add my 2 cents, I had problems with the BDI-2000 as well. The unit I got from Abatron had a hardware problem (the ethernet controller would sometimes reset when the BDI initialised the target PPC processor). Their French distributor agreed to replace it after making sure it was indeed a hardware issue (they seem to assume end-users have a negative IQ and are unable to diagnose such a hardware problem themselves). The new unit works *mostly* fine. No debugging issue (not that I use it that much anyway, now that the board boots Linux), but still a flash programming issue. Programming the target parallel NOR flash works in slow JTAG mode, but not in faster mode using the internal workspace. I reported the problem several months ago and still haven't received any solution. It might not be Abatron's fault, the French distributor might not have reported the problem to them. Abatron people speak German only, and will not respond to e-mails written in English (nor will they talk to you on the phone, they just hang up). The BDI-2000 is a nice product, but has a few bugs, is IMHO overprized and has one of the worst support service I've had to deal with. Laurent Pinchart