[ELDK] GDB Issue

[Nate Jozwiak]

Hello All,

 

I am having an issue getting U-Boot going on a PPC-440GX board. I am using
the GDB that was built with U-Boot for ppc-4xx and a BDI3000 to connect to
the target. Whenever I attempt to connect to the BDI3000, I get the
following error:

 

     (gdb) target remote 192.168.4.252:2001

     Remote debugging using 192.168.4.252:2001

     Remote 'g' packet reply is too long:deadbeaf....

 

I believe this error is caused by GDB being configured to the wrong
architecture. So I did the following...

 

     [njozwiak at localhost tftpboot]$ ppc_4xx-gdb u-boot

     GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.7-1rh)

     Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

     License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
copying"

     and "show warranty" for details.

     This GDB was configured as "--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
--target=ppc-linux".

     The target architecture is set automatically (currently powerpc:403)

     ..

     (gdb) show arch

     The target architecture is set automatically (currently powerpc:e500)

     (gdb) set arch powerpc:403

     The target architecture is assumed to be powerpc:e500

     (gdb) show arch

     The target architecture is assumed to be powerpc:e500

     (gdb) set arch powerpc:common

     The target architecture is assumed to be powerpc:e500

     (gdb) show arch

     The target architecture is assumed to be powerpc:e500

     (gdb) 

 

As you see, initially GDB says the target architecture is powerpc:403. But
the show arch command claims it is the powerpc:e500. And commands placed to
change it from powerpc:e500 do not appear to be working.

 

As I said, this it the version of GDB that was built with U-Boot following
the instructions on the website. Does anyone have any insight into why it
does not work and why I am unable to change the architecture?

 

Thanks,

Nate