| [dsdp-dd-dev] Using DSF MI/GDB debugger on Windows |
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Hi All, I am trying to evaluate
the GDB/MI DSF debugger on Windows platform using Eclipse 3.4 M7 release to
debug an embedded application running on a MIPS Malta board. I have GDB Server
which runs on my host PC and communicates to the target board via an EJTAG
debug probe. I got some instructions
from http://wiki.eclipse.org/DSDP/DD/GDB.
I read these instructions and I was able to perform a debugging session after
some trial and error methods. I created a sample application using the MIPS SDE
tool chain and used the “C/C++ Remote Application (Experimental DSF)”
debug launch for starting the debug session. But after starting the debug
session, I had to do the below tricks to make the debugging work 1) As
there is no option in the DSF Remote C/C++ application launch to automatically
download the image to target using load command. I have to do it manually from
gdb console using load command after suspending the debug target in debug view.
2) After
loading, I have to resume the debug target in debug view to start debugging
from main 3) During
debugging, actions done in the gdb console (stepi, break etc) do not get
reflected in Debug View and other views. 4) Still
we need to checkout the source from CVS and build? Is there any reason for not
including the latest version with M7? Will it be fixed in next release? Is all these are known issues being addressed?
We have a debugger based on Eclipse CDT CDI
GDB/MI interface. We are looking to migrate to DSF. Is DSF GDB/MI
implementation for Windows and Linux available now 100% complete? Is it a
good candidate for replacing CDT CDI MI/GDB implementation? Any instructions available
for migration? Thanks & Regards, Jiju George |