Re: [ECOS] eCos threads debugging using gdb with Jeeni

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Mathieu Routhier wrote:
> 
> First I would like to say that this discussion list is great.  You guys
> from RedHat are great, keep up the good work!  This also applies to
> everyone active on the list :)

Thanks! And ditto to other contributors.

> I'm using gdb with Jeeni.  I would like to be able to see thread
> information in insight.  I've built the eCos kernel with every debugging
> option I've seen (that includes CYGDBG_HAL_DEBUG_GDB_INCLUDE_STUBS and
> CYGDBG_HAL_DEBUG_GDB_THREAD_SUPPORT).  I'm able to debug my application,
> set breakpoints and all that stuff.
> 
> The only thing missing is the eCos thread information that I would like
> to see in Insight.  I guess it's supposed to appear in the thread
> (process?) pane but it's always empty.

Yes, it won't work. It's possible to do clever things using a go-between
server that talks to GDB on one side and the target on the other (like the
infamous multi-ice-gdb-server). We've done it before, but the fun is in the
intelligence in the go-between program.

It's something we'd like to do, but no customer has approached us asking
for it yet.

Jifl
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