Re: [ECOS] Using the TCP/IP stack from the anonymous CVS server

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Richard Wicks wrote:
> 
> > Hi ,
> > Do you use network interface with redboot (and GDB stub)?
> > In case, if you are not using DHCP, you might check that you you give two
> > diffirent IP : one for redboot  and
> > one for eCos kernel.
> 
> This may cause problems with the ARP cache in some machines, especially in
> switches.

I would hope it wouldn't for anything even slightly modern. Machines with
multiple IP addresses on the same interface have been around (and working
fine) for many years now.
 
> > You may also try do disable GDB stubs, because there are some problems
> with
> > them .
> 
> GDB cannot be used when the TCP/IP is included?  Is this a bug across all
> platforms or simply the XScale?  Working without debug capability will slow
> down development, are there any known workarounds?

That's not quite right. The restriction is that you cannot include stubs in
your application when debugging over the network: that's because when you
do that, the stubs will "claim" the debug channel, which will close your
TCP connection.

Jifl
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