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Re: gdb stub implement questions
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:02:38PM +0800, Michael Qiu wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I'm using ucos/ii and an r3k like mips core for my project. I'm
> going to add a gdb-stub on my target. But I still have some uncleared
> questions, can anyone give me a hand?
>
> 1. Is there any hardware requirement for the gdb-stub running
> correctly? e.g. special instructions? Currently, my core only support
> "bkpt". Is it enough?
Yes, that's probably enough.
> 2. I'v read the gdb-stub from yamon, but it seems only work for a
> bootloader. There is no multitask. The yamon shell in charge of the
> context switch, but it only a ping-pang like switch. How can I support
> multitask in ucos/ii?
>
> 3. In general, the gdb-stub should be implemented in a bootloader or
> in OS level, or user spaces?
Sorry, the answer to these are both 'it depends'. These are more
questions about your operating system than about GDB.
You probably want to model each task as a 'thread' to gdb.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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