Re: [Bdm-devel] RE: Problems using Insight/GDB for Coldfire

[Paul Whitfield <paulw@microsol.iinet.net.au>]

Dörr, Dirk wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 16:35, Keith Seitz wrote: (@ insight@sources.redhat.com list):
> 
> 
>>Ok, I would just whack everything below the "target" command from your
>>.gdbinit and save it into another file. You can use the "Command to run
>>after attaching to target" thingy in the target selection to source in
>>the other script. (So, save everything below the "target" command into,
>>e.g., ~/setup-bdm; then open a target selection dialog (File->Target
>>Settings...), select the BDM target, fold down the "More Options" thingy
>>and type in the "Command to run after attaching" something like "source
>>~/setup-bdm
> 
> 
> He offers a Abatron BDI2000 and an other BDM interface from Cybertec
> 
> Ok. BDI2000 uses tcp/ip remote debugging. But the bdm inteface from cybertec? 
> There should be no big difference between this one and the P&E device? 
> Both using parallel port.
> 
> So my question: 
> 
> Is anybody else using the P&E BDM Interface for Coldfire with Insight/gdb
> or can confess the compatibility problems of P&E? 
> 

I have used both Cybertec and P&E BDM Interfaces extensively with 
command line gdb without any dramas. As far as I know the P&E is
functional the same as the Cybertec part (at least ours was
until we let one of the ham fisted engineers take it onsite
and kill it!)

I have been attempting to use insight (recent snapshot and bdm patches 
from CVS) on Cygwin. Until recently I could not get a build of insight
and bdm/gdb that would work nicely together on cygwin.

I can get basic functionality to work, i.e. download to ram, breakpoints
after having loaded a .gdbinit file that sets up my hardware correctly.

However, the insight GUI seems to have problems understanding the 
current state of the interface. I.e. the buttons on the top
of the window are always greyed out.

Also I have been having problems with this combo getting watchpoints
to work (this is definitely a bdm/gdb issue).

I hope to spend some more time on this soon, but sadly I am current
doing too many other things to actually get this tested / setup as
well as I would like.

Regards

Paul