[U-Boot-Users] BDI vs. Lauterbach

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <427722615.20060410170041 at varma-el.com> you wrote:
>
> Pros:

meaning: pro for Lauterbach, just to make it clear.

>      BDI - 10Mbit eth, Lauterbach - 100 Mbit.

This does not mean anything. I haven't seen a single case  where  the
network  speed  was  the limiting factor. Shuffeling the data through
the JTAG is usually much slower.

>      Lauterbach scalable and simply extendable, BDI - not.

What would you want to extend or scale?

> Cons:
>      BDI support gnu toolchain natively (in GDB server mode),

In other words: The  BDI2000  fits  seamlessly  into  a  Linux  based
development  environment.  You  can  use exact the same tools and and
user interface for low level stuff (boot loader,  OS  and  drivers  -
using the BDI) and for application code (using gdbserver).

>      Lauterbach - not (sometime it parsing elf/dwarf correctly,
>      sometime, usually in critical cases :), not).

Question: does the Lauterbach reliably handle issues like  relocating
the symbol table as needed für U-Boot?

>      And you are know, hmm, strange Lauterbach price policy:
>      price of BDI firmware for a new CPU target is approx. 1000 eur,
>      for the Lauterbach - price of new device.

Another pro for the BDI: they have  *excellent*  support.  I  know  a
couple  of vendors of hardware and tools etc. Some of them are really
good, but Abatron beats them all.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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