Re: Debugging the MIPS processor using GDB

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:27:42 +0100 (BST)

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Brian Foster wrote:

>   I'm using the commercial FSÂ² (First Silicon Systems, now owned
>  by MIPS) EJTAG probe.  The local â??gdbâ?? on the workstation talks
>  to the local FSÂ² software on the workstation, which talks to the
>  probe (in my case, over USB, but there is also an Ethernet model).
>  There is no â??gdbserverâ?? in this setup per se, albeit I suppose
>  the protocol between â??gdbâ?? and the FSÂ² software (which is called
>  something like â??jnetserverâ???) might be similar/identical (I have
>  no idea!).

 Not really -- it uses a C API called MDI -- the spec is available from
MIPS Technologies.  I am happy to read somebody finds it useful. :)  
Debugging the Linux kernel with GDB and this piece of hardware is
certainly a lot of fun.

  Maciej