[U-Boot] [PATCH] arc: introduce "mdbtrick" target

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Dec 26 16:48:29 CET 2014


Dear Alexey,

In message <1419589068.3584.10.camel at synopsys.com> you wrote:
> 
> Then if we now apply the manipulation MDB will happily start and will
> load all required sections into the target.
> 
> Indeed there will be no source-level debug info available. And still MDB
> will do its work on showing disassembly, registers, accessing low-level
> debug facilities etc.
> 
> So as a summary - this is pretty dirty hack but it simplifies life a lot
> for us.
> 
> Hope this explanation makes sense.

Yes, now I understand.  maybe the commit message should be a bit more
detailed for the benefit of those who are not familiar with this
architecture.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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