[cdt-debug-dev] [Fwd: Re: [platform-debug-dev] Common debug services]

[Haim Cohen <haim.cohen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: 	Re: [platform-debug-dev] Common debug services
Date: 	Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:54:15 -0600
From: 	Darin Wright <Darin_Wright@xxxxxxxxxx>
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These requests sound specific to C debugger development. The debug
platform does not have any lauguage/architecture specific support. I
think this request should be filed with CDT, rather than the debug
platform.

Darin



	*Haim Cohen <haim.cohen@xxxxxxxxxx>*
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11/03/2003 07:01 AM
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Hi,

I am developing a DSP IDE based on Eclipse.
I would like to suggest adding to the debug plugin few services which I
think should be supported by the plugin.

Overview:
Currently, in order to use the plugin to create special debugger, there
is a need to have some command line debugger first.
The CDT ( for example ) is using gdb as its inferior debugger.
In the project I involve in, we use Simulator as the debug target.
This simulator can not be integrated into gdb, since this is a system
simulator which can simulate more than one DSP connected.
Therefore, we used gdb only in static program context - for symbols
locations, line<->pc, etc.
My suggest, is to add static information support services in the debug
plugin:
- ELF reader (or other executables formats)
- Dwarf2 reader (or other debug formats)
Since the Dwarf2 is extendable, the extensions to the Dwarf2 formats can
be in the form of ... extension points!
I think that this kind of Dwarf reader should supply high level of debug
information such as static scope information, types information, etc.

I will be happy to hear your comments about this.
I also have a ready answer to the reply : "Why don't you implement it
yourself and contribute ?" My answer : I have already implemented it
using gdb+debug plugin, but I think that cleaner and more reusable
implementation can be supplied by the debug-plugin developers.

Haim

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Haim Cohen
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Analog Devices
Israel
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________________________________________
Haim Cohen
Software Engineer
haim.cohen@xxxxxxxxxx
Analog Devices
Israel
(972) - 9 - 9715 406