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diff --git a/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.texi b/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..635b7285ac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/FAQ/hwdebugaids.texi @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +@c +@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002. +@c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). +@c All rights reserved. +@c +@c $Id$ +@c + + +@node Hardware to Ease Debugging, MC683xx BDM Support for GDB, , Top + +@chapter Hardware to Ease Debugging +@ifinfo +@menu +* MC683xx BDM Support for GDB:: +* MPC8xx BDM Support for GDB:: +@end menu +@end ifinfo + +The items in this category provide information on various hardware +debugging assistants that are available. + + +@node MC683xx BDM Support for GDB, MPC8xx BDM Support for GDB, Hardware to Ease Debugging, Hardware to Ease Debugging + +@section MC683xx BDM Support for GDB + +Eric Norum (eric@@skatter.usask.ca) has a driver for a parallel +port interface to a BDM module. This driver has a long history +and is based on a driver by Gunter Magin (magin@@skil.camelot.de) +which in turn was based on BD32 for DOS by Scott Howard. Eric Norum +and Chris Johns (ccj@@acm.org) have put together a package containing +everything you need to use this BDM driver including software, PCB layouts, +and machining drawings. From the README: + +"This package contains everything you need to be able to run GDB on +Linux and control a Motorola CPU32+ (68360) or Coldfire (5206, 5206e, or +5207) target through a standard PC parallel port." + +Information on this BDM driver is available at the following URL: + +@example +http://www.calm.hw.ac.uk/davidf/coldfire/gdb-bdm-linux.htm +@end example + +The package is officially hosted at Eric Norum's ftp site: + +@example +ftp://skatter.usask.ca/pub/eric/BDM-Linux-gdb/ +@end example + +Peter Shoebridge (peter@@zeecube.com) has ported the Linux +parallel port BDM driver from Eric Norum to Windows NT. It is +available at http://www.zeecube.com/bdm. + +The efi332 project has a home-built BDM module and gdb backend for +Linux. See http://efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu/efi332/hardware.html) +for details. The device driver and gdb backend are based on those +by Gunter Magin (magin@@skil.camelot.de) available from +ftp.lpr.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de. + +Pavel Pisa (pisa@@cmp.felk.cvut.cz) has one available at +http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/m683xx/bdm_driver.html. + +Huntsville Microsystems (HMI) has GDB support for their BDM module +available upon request. It is also available from their ftp site: +ftp://ftp.hmi.com/pub/gdb + +The Macraigor OCD BDM module has a driver for Linux +written by Gunter Magin (magin@@skil.camelot.de). +No URLs yet. + +Finally, there is a overview of BDM at the following URL: +http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/m683xx/bdm_driver.html. + +Information in this section from: + +@itemize @bullet +@item Brendan Simon <brendan@@dgs.monash.edu.au> +@item W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@@bellsouth.net> +@item Chris Johns <ccj@@acm.org> +@item Eric Norum <eric@@skatter.usask.ca> +@item Gunter Magin <magin@@skil.camelot.de> + +@end itemize + + + +@node MPC8xx BDM Support for GDB, , MC683xx BDM Support for GDB, Hardware to Ease Debugging + +@section MPC8xx BDM Support for GDB + +@c "Adrian Bocaniciu" <a.bocaniciu@computer.org> has a driver +@c for NT and is willing to share it but he needs to be emailed +@c privately since he needs to explain somethings about it. +@c It has been used for over a year as of 08/18/99. + +Christian Haan <chn@@intego.de> has written a driver for FreeBSD +based for"a slightly changed ICD BDM module (because of changes +in the BDM interface on the PowerPC)" that "probably will work with +the PD module too." His work is based on the M68K BDM work by +Gunter Magin (Gunter.Magin@@skil.camelot.de) and +the PPC BDM for Linux work by Sergey Drazhnikov (swd@@agua.comptek.ru). +This is not yet publicly available. + +Sergey Drazhnikov (swd@@agua.comptek.ru) has written a PPC BDM driver for +Linux. Information is available at http://cyclone.parad.ru/ppcbdm. + +Huntsville Microsystems (HMI) has GDB support for their BDM module +available upon request. It is also available from their ftp site: +ftp://ftp.hmi.com/pub/gdb + +GDB includes support for a set of primitives to support the Macraigor +Wiggler (OCD BDM). Unfortunately, this requires the use of a +proprietary interface and is supported only on Windows. This forces +one to use CYGWIN. Reports are that this results in a slow +interface. Scott Howard (http://www.objsw.com) has announced +that support for the gdb+wiggler combination under DJGPP which should +run significantly faster. + +@itemize @bullet +@item Leon Pollak <leonp@@plris.com> +@item Christian Haan <chn@@intego.de> +@end itemize + + |