RE: [ECOS] how breakpoint instruction execute

["Robert Cragie" <rcc at jennic dot com>]

Assuming you are running a debugger like GDB with some sort of monitor:

* Via the monitor, the debugger saves the opcode at the breakpoint and
replaces it with a trap, or software interrupt.
* When execution reaches the trap, an exception handler is called which
communicates with the debugger to indicate that the breakpoint has been
reached. The debugger may resume execution if the breakpoint is conditional.
* When the breakpoint is removed, the debugger will restore the opcode at
the breakpoint via the monitor.

This explains why code which needs breakpoints typically needs to run in
RAM, and why execution with conditional breakpoints doesn't run in real
time.

Things may be different if you are using JTAG-based debuggers or an ICE
(In-Circuit-Emulator) based debugger.

Robert Cragie, Design Engineer
________________________________________________________
Jennic Ltd, Furnival Street, Sheffield, S1 4QT,  UK
www.jennic.com  Tel: +44 (0) 114 281 2655

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