Re: [ECOS] scanf with gdb stubs on ARM AEB

[William Gatliff <gatliff at haulpak dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

>    From: Jesper Skov <jskov@redhat.com>
>    Date: 25 Jan 2000 10:02:50 +0100
>
>    Combining GDB and user interaction on a target that only has one
> serial port is going to be a big problem.
>
> It's not conceptually difficult.  Extend the gdb remote protocol to
> support a command providing input on the serial port.  Add a command to
> gdb to send a line of input to the stub.  Add a command to gdb to
> switch the stub over to receiving input on the serial port until some
> special character sequence is typed; implement this using the new
> remote protocol command.  Implement the new remote protocol command in
> whatever stubs you care about.

Or make the command function the way that the "console output" command
currently works--- nothing interesting happens until you hit <return>, at
which point gdb sends the packet:

gdb> remote console "Hello, world!\n" <return>

--> $o48656c6c6f2c20776f726c64210a#<ck>

Just my $0.02.

b.g.

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William A. Gatliff
Senior Design Engineer
Komatsu Mining Systems
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