[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/2] README.arm-relocation: get relocated address in gdb

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu May 12 23:34:48 CEST 2011


Dear Ben Gardiner,

In message <7ed11e02b0db005231f5c6baa299761f3aa04f6f.1304024417.git.bengardiner at nanometrics.ca> you wrote:
> When your emulator is connected at reset (or is used to load u-boot)
> it is possible to get the relocation address from the gd->relocaddr
> since gd is always in r8 (on ARM) it is addressable before the
> gdb has remapped symbols.
> 
> Document this alternate method in-line with the original method
> written by Heiko Schocher.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Gardiner <bengardiner at nanometrics.ca>
> CC: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
> CC: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> 
> ---
> Changes since V2:
>  * add gd->relocaddr as a secondary method of obtaining the symbol-file
>    gdb argument
> Changes since V1:
>  * update to reflect proposed changes to existing debug instructions:
>    renumber steps, remove note about -DDEBUG
> ---
>  doc/README.arm-relocation |    8 ++++++++
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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