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Debugger General Information
Reset
Pressing and releasing the MVME177 front panel RESET switch initiates a system reset. COLD and WARM reset modes are available. By default, 177Bug is in COLD mode. During COLD reset, a total system initialization occurs, as if the MVME177 had just been powered up. In other words, during a COLD reset:
❏All static variables (including disk device and controller parameters) restore to their default states
❏The breakpoint table and offset registers are cleared
❏The target registers are invalidated
❏Input and output character queues are cleared
❏Onboard devices (timer, serial ports, etc.) are reset
❏The first two serial ports are reconfigured to their default state During WARM reset, the 177Bug preserves the following:
❏Variables
❏Tables
❏Target state registers
❏Breakpoints
Reset must be used if the processor ever halts, or if the 177Bug environment is ever lost (vector table is destroyed, stack corrupted, etc.).
Abort
You can initiate an abort by pressing and releasing the ABORT switch on the MVME177 front panel. If an abort is initiated while executing a user program (running target code), a ÒsnapshotÓ of the processor state is captured and stored in the target registers. For this reason, abort is most appropriate when terminating a user