Perhaps you should take a look at our product, CrossWorks for ARM, which has integrated flash downloading using the wiggler and you can single step at the C level in flash without any problems. Regards, -- Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, and (soon) Atmel AVR processors > -----Original Message----- > From: c_hall2001 [mailto:c_hall2001@...] > Sent: 25 March 2004 17:07 > To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [lpc2000] Re: ARM newbie > > > OK, maybe I'm missing something because my JTAG debug knowledge is > only from 8bit micros (mainly AVR's). As I understood things the > first thing that happens in a JTAG debug is loading the program into > memory. If a particular JTAG (wiggler in this case) cannot load > flash then I assume that debugging a flash based program cannot be > done. > I'm thinking I better complete my reading of the ARM manual and the > LPC datasheet before bugging you guys again. > > --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, Robert Adsett <subscriptions@a...> > wrote: > > I would expect everyone who uses JTAG for programming to take much > the same > > approach. Especially since it's the one Philips documents. As > far as not > > disclosing how the flash works they are not the only vendors that > do > > that. At least one vendor started with fully disclosed timing and > on > > revision (when they changed the flash) changed to used a callable > embedded > > routine. In that latter case the called routine wasn't even in > the micros > > normal address space. > > > > As far as using the wiggler with GDB and GCC it will work with > some > > restrictions. Single stepping through assembly in flash is fairly > > straightforward but I haven't found a way to single step through C > in flash > > yet. I have, however, found recently that it is possible to set a > > breakpoint anywhere fairly simply. You end up with a useful but > primitive > > tool (don't underestimate the power of a primitive tool). > > > > Robert > > > > " 'Freedom' has no meaning of itself. There are always > restrictions, > > be they legal, genetic, or physical. If you don't believe me, try > to > > chew a radio signal. " > > > > Kelvin Throop, III > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
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RE: [lpc2000] Re: ARM newbie
2004-03-25 by Paul Curtis
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