From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27405 invoked by alias); 26 Mar 2008 19:01:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 27397 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Mar 2008 19:01:56 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 204-133-123-27.dia.static.slbbi.com (HELO mail.chez-thomas.org) (204.133.123.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:01:39 +0000 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 5CF2233790F3; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:01:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7957D3379084; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:01:35 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <47EA9D8E.4060804@mlbassoc.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:07:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Playle CC: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <47EA98FF.1050903@cambridgematrix.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47EA98FF.1050903@cambridgematrix.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot remote GDB support X-SW-Source: 2008-03/txt/msg00161.txt.bz2 Mike Playle wrote: > Hi all > > I've been told by a colleague that RedBoot's debugging support allows > you to attach a remote debugger to a running board after it's been > booted up, with no physical access to the board (eg when it's been > installed at the top of an antenna pole). > > However I can't find anything in the documentation describing this. > As far as I can see the GDB support only applies when booting up the > application and won't be much use once the board has been installed > into the final system. > > In case it matters the platform in question is an Intel Xscale > (Gateworks Avila board). > > Am I missing something? It depends on what application you are running. If it's an eCos application (not RedBoot itself), then this should work. If it's Linux (more likely knowing what this board is used for) then the bets are off. There are other ways of debugging Linux applications, but once it's launched, RedBoot is out of the picture. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss