[U-Boot-Users] Simple bootloader in the kernel and PPCBoot
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Feb 25 21:55:47 CET 2003
Hello,
in message <1046203198.1168.21.camel at pla> you wrote:
>
> I think that I shall buy one of these. If a am going to debug the Linux
> kernel and modules on a 8xx processor, is it good enough with the
> BDM4GDB? What is the difference on these two?
Well, it depends. A lot of work can be done with the BDM4GDB
adapters, as long as you restrict yourself to MPC8xx based systems.
But even then there wil be situations where you will be remembered
that it's a Do-It-Yourself solution, not a professional grade device.
The BDM4GDB is OK for the fatal case when you erased the flash by
accident, or for occasional debugging a problem. For professional
work I prefer to use a BDI2000 though. It's faster, it works more
reliably, and most of all it supports a lot of other CPUs as well
(CPU32/32+, MPC5xx/8xx, 6xx/7xx/74xx/82xx, 4xx, ARM7/9TDMI, ColdFire,
MIPS32, MIPS64, XScale, M-Core ...
> With the BDM4GDB, can I use frontends for the gdb sw, like ddd or the
> debugger embedded inside the kdevelop ide?
I never used kdevelop and thus I don't know about it, but you can use
_any_ debugger frontend that communicates with GDB. DDD works just
fine - with the BDM4GDB adapter, and with the BDI2000.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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