AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Hackett" <egroupscdh@...> wrote:
> I'm currently using AVRStudio W/WinAVR but I would like to find a
> (Windows based) debugger that has things like stack-traceback 
I could be wrong but I believe that avr-gcc doesn't provide the necessary debug information to implement backtrace.  Moreover, not every function has a frame pointer anyway - only those that require local stack frame allocation get a frame pointer.  It might be possible force the compiler to generate a frame pointer for each function but you'll pay a penalty in code size and speed for this.

There may have been a thread or two recently on this topic at avrfreaks.net.  If not, it may be fruitful to post the question there.

I understand why you'd like this capability (I would, too).  I have debugged multi-task applications using the AVR Studio debugger without it.  You do need to be clever and resourceful on occasion to get the job done.

Don Kinzer
ZBasic Microcontrollers
http://www.zbasic.net