Albatron Technology ARM11/Cortex-A8 user manual - page 2

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for GNU Debugger, BDI2000 (ARM11/Cortex-A8) User Manual 2
© Copyright 1997-2007 by ABATRON AG Switzerland V 1.04
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................4
1.1 BDI2000.................................................................................................................................4
1.2 BDI Configuration.................................................................................................................. 5
2 Installation................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Connecting the BDI2000 to Target.........................................................................................6
2.1.1 Changing Target Processor Type .................................................................................8
2.1.2 Adaptive Clocking.........................................................................................................9
2.2 Connecting the BDI2000 to Power Supply...........................................................................11
2.2.1 External Power Supply...............................................................................................11
2.2.2 Power Supply from Target System .............................................................................12
2.3 Status LED «MODE»...........................................................................................................13
2.4 Connecting the BDI2000 to Host......................................................................................... 14
2.4.1 Serial line communication.......................................................................................... 14
2.4.2 Ethernet communication ............................................................................................15
2.5 Installation of the Configuration Software............................................................................ 16
2.5.1 Configuration with a Linux / Unix host........................................................................17
2.5.2 Configuration with a Windows host............................................................................ 19
2.5.3 Recover procedure.....................................................................................................20
2.6 Testing the BDI2000 to host connection..............................................................................21
2.7 TFTP server for Windows NT...............................................................................................21
3 Using bdiGDB............................................................................................................................ 22
3.1 Principle of operation...........................................................................................................22
3.2 Configuration File ................................................................................................................23
3.2.1 Part [INIT]...................................................................................................................24
3.2.2 Part [TARGET]........................................................................................................... 27
3.2.3 Part [HOST]................................................................................................................32
3.2.4 Part [FLASH].............................................................................................................. 34
3.2.5 Part [REGS] ...............................................................................................................38
3.3 Debugging with GDB........................................................................................................... 40
3.3.1 Target setup................................................................................................................40
3.3.2 Connecting to the target.............................................................................................40
3.3.3 Breakpoint Handling...................................................................................................41
3.3.4 GDB monitor command..............................................................................................41
3.3.5 Target serial I/O via BDI.............................................................................................42
3.3.6 Target DCC I/O via BDI..............................................................................................43
3.4 Telnet Interface....................................................................................................................44
3.4.1 Command list.............................................................................................................45
3.4.2 CPxx Registers ..........................................................................................................46
3.5 Multi-Core Support ..............................................................................................................47
4 Specifications............................................................................................................................48
5 Environmental notice................................................................................................................49
6 Declaration of Conformity (CE)................................................................................................49
7 Warranty.....................................................................................................................................50