[U-Boot-Users] Compiling a debug version of U-boot

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <d6ssmd$ea9$1 at sea.gmane.org> you wrote:
> What should I do to build a debug version of U-boot.
> I currently add ¨#define DEBUG¨ to the u-boot_1.1.2/include/configs/board_name.h file.
> Is it the right method?

Normally you would just enable  "-DDEBUG"  in  "config.mk";  in  some
cases  you  may  also  have  to  select a debug version of the linker
script (see the LDSCRIPT definition).  However,  this  enables  DEBUG
globally,  which  usually  is NOT a good idea. It may even crash your
system if you don't know exactly what you're doing.

It's usually better to just enable DEBUG in the specific files you're
interested in.

> I building U-boot for a custom board derived from the MPC8540ADS, and when I start gdb I
> get a strange warning. If someone has any idea it would help!
> 
> linuxcompiler:~/u-boot/u-boot_1.1.2$ ppc-linux-gdb u-boot
> Warning: Cannot initialize solib-absolute-prefix
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> This GDB was configured as "--host=i386-redhat-linux --target=ppc-linux"...
> 0xfffffffc in ?? ()
> (gdb)

And which of that is a strange warning?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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