From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3904829D.4C65D0AB@embeddededge.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 13:21:33 -0400 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Gessner, Matt" CC: "'Linux PPC'" Subject: Re: Debugging 8260 under gdb/linux? References: <7283DE19D141D111AD0E00A0C95B195502581D14@mail2.aiinet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Gessner, Matt" wrote: > Are there any such solutions for linux? MontaVista has a boot rom with minimal debug support. It is what I used to do the initial port. I will soon add the XMON and KGDB support just like the 8xx has. > What external hardware do I need? I am not a fan of the JTAG/COP/BDM tools because once the kernel starts up they just get in the way. There is a small window of tough debugging between jumping to the kernel and starting a serial port for KGDB, and once past that I just use remote GDB. Since the kernel already boots way past that point, and none of this is board dependent, you should only need a Linux development host. Here, I prefer using the native PowerPC Linux hosts (I like my iMac :-), and MontaVista has cross tools for other platforms available. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/