ARM Version 1.6 3.5 Debugging an image

Getting Started with RealView Debugger

3.5 Debugging an image

Chapter4 Quick-start Tutorial provides details on using the features of RealView

Debugger with your images. This section summarizes how to start debugging with

RealView Debugger:

•Getting started

•Code views on page3- 15

•Viewing target status on page3-15.

3.5.1 Getting started

You can start debugging your image when you have completed the following steps:

1. Start RealView Debugger, see Starting RealView Debugger on page3-2.

2. Connect to your target, see Making a connection on page3-5.

3. Set top of memory, if appropriate, see Setting top of memory for a session on

page3-8.

4. Load your image, see Loading an image on page3-10.

To start your debugging session:

1. Select Edit→ Editing Controls → Show Line Numbers to display line

numbers.

This is not necessary but might help you to follow the examples.

2. Right-click in the first entry in the Memory pane,

, and select Set New

Start Address... from the context menu.

3. Enter a value as the start address for the area of interest, for example

0x8008

4. Click Set to confirm the setting and close the dialog box.

5. Click on the Src tab in the File Editor pane.

6. Set a simple, unconditional breakpoint at line 149 in

dhry_1.c

Proc_5();

, by

double-clicking on the line number.

If the line number is not visible, then double-click inside the gray area at the left

of the required statement in the File Editor pane to set the breakpoint.

7. Set a watch by right-clicking on the variable

Int_1_Loc

at line 152 in

dhry_1.c

that it is underlined in red. Select Watc h from the context menu.