On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:04:12 +0200, luca ellero <lroluk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 31/05/2011 16.39, Christopher Harvey wrote: >> I'm looking for an ARM board with a cortex a9 mpcore with a good >> solution for jtag debugging under linux. >> >> I have a beagle and a pandaboard sitting in front of me, but the >> beagle >> only has cortex a8 and the pandboard jtag situation looks pretty >> dismal. >> (You need to buy and download a lot of software). Cost really >> isn't an >> issue, (under 1000$) but good gdb support is critical. >> >> I need jtag specifically because kgdb doesn't start up soon enough >> for >> me. >> >> Anybody here doing ARM linux development with jtag? >> >> thanks, >> -Chris >> > > Hi Christopher, > why not give a look at OpenOCD? Some guys (me included) have sent > some > patches to support Cortex A9 and Panda. Development version has now > (basic) support for Pandaboard. > Anyway you have to use development version (git clone > git://repo.or.cz/openocd.git) since 0.4.0 stable release hasn't good > support for Cortex A8/A9. > Furthermore, if you use git version you can also contribute to > improve > cortex-A* support, which is always very welcome ;-) > I'm just about to write an HowTo to explain how to use OpenOCD on > Panda. > I will publish it on my site soon. > > regards > Luca Ellero > Thanks Luca, I find it funny that of all the expensive jtag solutions out there, OpenOCD seems to be the most convenient. I will probably try that direction out. Hopefully I will find the time to learn and help out with OpenOCD if I happen to need features that it doesn't already support. -C _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
