[U-Boot] U-boot debugger/emulator

[Frank Svendsbøe]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Frank,
>
> In message <1ba63b520903110250s4b006e0foe8ff2f08b4fd3efc at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>> I agree that a generic solution is better, but....
>> We use the Abatron BDI3000 for our current project (using the bdiGDB firmware
>> for the MPC5xx/8xx). If we want to use this JTAG/BDM with, say an ARM processor,
>> we must pay Abatron appox. half the price of a new BDI when switching firmware.
>
> Um... not really. Normally the price for the firmware alone  is  less
> than 40% of the price for the bundle BDI3000 with firmware.
>

Ok, I exaggerated. We payed 2500$ including firmware worth 950. That's 38%.

>> I think the cost here eats up the advantage of having a generic product.
>
> Well, with hardware-specific products you always have to pay the full
> price. That's even worse. And probably your interfaces (including the
> user interface) are changing, too.
>

Most often yes, but how much interface changes regarding BDM communcation
is there between, say 8xx and 82xx? I'm sure you know the exact details ;-)

Regards,
Frank