From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7797 invoked by alias); 26 Mar 2008 19:10:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 7784 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Mar 2008 19:10:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pluto.karoo.kcom.com (HELO pluto.karoo.kcom.com) (212.50.160.74) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:09:59 +0000 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,559,1199664000"; d="scan'208";a="10294129" Received: from mrrp.vfx.org.uk (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([91.84.221.238]) by pluto.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 26 Mar 2008 19:09:56 +0000 Received: from [172.16.0.254] (helo=[172.16.0.4]) by localhost.localdomain with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdxDy-0004Ok-1Q; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:41:10 +0000 Message-ID: <47EA9F81.5080302@cambridgematrix.co.uk> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:23:00 -0000 From: Mike Playle User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070329) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Thomas CC: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <47EA98FF.1050903@cambridgematrix.co.uk> <47EA9D8E.4060804@mlbassoc.com> In-Reply-To: <47EA9D8E.4060804@mlbassoc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00163.txt.bz2 Gary Thomas wrote: > 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). > > 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. Thanks! Yes, we're running a Linux application - I should probably have been clearer about this - I'm asking specifically about RedBoot, not any debugging support that the application might have. Mike -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss